Persona
Movie • 1966 • Drama
ReportA young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually confesses her secrets to a seemingly sympathetic Elisabeth and finds that her own personality is being submerged into Elisabeth's persona.
This movie contains 29 potentially triggering events.
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Anonymous
Not really? There are shifting power dynamics throughout but I don’t think I’d label either of them abusers at any point. Up for interpretation though, it’s very abstract
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Is existentialism debated?
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StaleOrchid
Finding one's purpose, the meaning of suffering, the difference between true self and an act, as well as other existential ideas are frequently discussed as they are a major theme of the film.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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StaleOrchid
In-depth descriptions of sex, mostly
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Anonymous
Plot is abstract and up for interpretation but there are themes of child neglect or abandonment throughout
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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StaleOrchid
No actual abuse, although a mother's thoughts of and a desire to abuse her child is discussed, no action is taken
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GwendolynCox
There is slapping but not in a traditional domestic setting/relationship
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Anonymous
Child is shown in some kind of bizarre unpleasant setting and themes of motherhood as a burden, but no literal abuse is shown
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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StaleOrchid
The butchered sheep from the beginning sequence is presumably real footage made specifically for the film
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TFMD
In a sequence of surreal images at the beginning, we see a sheep's head being cut off and there's a brief shot of some organs.
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Are animals abused?
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Chel
Extended shot of a sheep's throat being cut in the opening montage
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Is there a dead animal?
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Anonymous
a dead sheep is shown at the beginning of the movie
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Are there spiders?
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Tarantula crawls over the camera at the start.
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Are there bugs?
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TFMD
Flies are seen buzzing around someone's face briefly.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is there pedophilia?
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StaleOrchid
Alma describes a sexual encounter she has on a beach; she describes her partner as a "boy" and "very young" but no ages are given, so it's up to interpretation
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This is one of those movies where even the literal plot is up to interpretation. There is a sex scene which I believe is consensual but you could view as rape by deception or lack of capacity to consent, if you interpret the film in certain ways. There is also some imagery that evokes common rape imagery in films
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Anonymous
This is one of those movies where even the literal plot is up to interpretation. There is a sex scene which I believe is consensual but you could view as rape by deception or lack of capacity to consent, if you interpret the film in certain ways. There is also some imagery that evokes common rape imagery in films. But there is no unmistakable and literal onscreen rape scene
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Anonymous
Someone scratches their arm with a fingernail that improbably acts just like a blade and creates a smooth straight cut
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Are any hands damaged?
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StaleOrchid
A nail is driven through a hand in the opening sequence, and this sequence is roughly repeated in the middle of the movie
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Is there cannibalism?
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No, but blood is licked
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Is someone burned alive?
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StaleOrchid
At 15 minutes, a main character watches a newsreel on television, wherein a man in vietnam burns alive. This footage is actual footage of Thích Quảng Đức's 1963 self immolation.
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Is there body horror?
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Anonymous
Not gory body horror, but it zooms in on faces until they begin to look distorted and sometimes overlays half of a face over another one. Sort of uncanny valley
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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TheShmeepKing
Not exactly finger mutilation per se, but a large metal spike is driven through a person's hand at the start of the film, and it is shown a second time later.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Nessidy
There's an implied eye mutilation in a set of surrealistic images in the beginning of the movie - the process itself is not shown though
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Family
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Does someone cheat?
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TFMD
Alma tells a story about having sex with a stranger on a beach (she was/is married).
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Are there jump scares?
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SchizoidLady
But they aren't too handfisted and there aren't loud noises
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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StaleOrchid
Multiple scenes take place by the ocean
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Law Enforcement
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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StaleOrchid
A character cheats by participating in an orgy, but the orgy partnering remained heterosexual so I'd say no
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Loss
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Anonymous
yes, but no other patients are shown
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Is there a hospital scene?
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TFMD
Several scenes take place in a mental hospital
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Mental Health
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TheShmeepKing
A woman scratches her arm to the point of bleeding.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Anonymous
Nobody explicitly has DID, but many people interpret the film as a metaphor for split identity as horrifying. I think it’s more disassociation or subconscious than DID, but if you interpret it as DID it might be upsetting
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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StaleOrchid
One of the main aspects of the film relies on both the characters' and our inability to distinguish reality from non-reality
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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TFMD
In a sequence of surreal images near the beginning, there are some rapidly flashing lights.
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Anonymous
Frequent stares directly at the camera which are designed to be uncomfortable/ frightening, as well as lines delivered to the camera. There’s also some meta analysis of cinema going on
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Pregnancy
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Does someone miscarry?
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Anonymous
no, but a character discusses wishing she had a stillborn baby/miscarriage
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Is there childbirth?
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Nessidy
Mentioned
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Are there abortions?
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TFMD
Not onscreen, but a woman mentions having had an abortion in the past.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Anonymous
The movie revolves around what sort of resembles mental health treatment, some of which seems inappropriate, but the film explicitly says the character is not mentally ill but is choosing to be mute on purpose. Don’t know if that makes it better or worse, so voting yes just to be safe
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Chel
No antisemitism but a photo of Jews being rounded up in the Warsaw ghetto is shown extensively and is upsetting
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Race
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Relationships
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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TFMD
Male genitals are shown in a sequence of random surreal images at the start. Other than that, sex is described but not shown onscreen.
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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CoolGuyJonah
The whole film is incredibly abstract and up to interpretation, with the ending included. It's more sad than happy, but I would describe it as "confusing" or "abstract" instead of "sad."
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Violence
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Is there gun violence?
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StaleOrchid
In the newsreel that also contains Thích Quảng Đức's self immolation, gunshots and screaming can be heard
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