Liv Ullmann has returned once again to the Cannes Film Festival, to accompany the documentary-monument A Road Less Travelled that Dheeraj Akolkar dedicated to her for Norwegian TV and of which here you can see the version for cinemas in the Cannes Classics section, while on TV it will be divided into three parts with adequate duration.
"This has been my home for a very long time - the great actress began - and therefore I consider it a great gift that now shows here a truly sincere and complete cross-section of my life and my work".
The film keeps this promise also because Liv and Dheeraj are long-time accomplices and therefore sincerity is the key they have chosen by assembling archive materials, film clips, interviews and exciting moments such as the Oscar ceremony for career that the actress received in 2021.
The structure of the story is linear and divided into three parts: the first focuses on the work of an actress, the very long artistic and sentimental partnership with Ingmar Bergman; the second hinges on the person, as Ullmann herself has told herself in two books (of which she reads some excerpts) "Changing" and "Choises"; the third focuses on her humanitarian activities and commitment as a UNESCO ambassador.
"I was born in Tokyo - says Liv who is now 84 years beautifully worn - after the war I discovered the country of my ancestors, Norway, but for decades everyone thought I was Swedish because of Ingmar. I can't deny that this job brings me back home for good."
Elegant, witty, passionate, the great Scandinavian actress is still proud of her work as an author and producer and here she reveals, at times, the strong-willed and determined character that has allowed her to go through crises and painful moments without losing her smile. "Ingmar said - he comments in a low voice speaking of the great director Ingmar Bergman of whom she was the muse - that we were two painfully gripping beings. He wasn't wrong. But then I lived the rest of my life to the full."
Liv Ullmann at Cannes, an open-hearted star - Lifestyle
2023-05-21T18:09:22.948Z
Highlights: Liv Ullmann has returned to the Cannes Film Festival with a new documentary. A Road Less Travelled will be shown in three parts. The first focuses on her life as an actress, the second on her work as a director. The third is a look at her personal life as a mother, wife and a mother-of-two. The final part is a portrait of her as a woman, a mother and a grandmother. The film will be screened in the Cannes Classic section of the film festival.
Liv Ullmann has returned once again to the Cannes Film Festival, to accompany the documentary-monument A Road Less Travelled that Dheeraj Akolkar dedicated to her for Norwegian TV and of which you can see here the version for cinemas in the Cannes Classic section... (ANSA)