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UNITED STATES · 1972

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Robert Altman
New Hollywood mental illness doppelgänger paranoia pregnancy psychological breakdown
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While holidaying in Ireland, a pregnant children's author finds her mental state becoming increasingly unstable, resulting in paranoia, hallucinations, and visions of a doppelgänger.

Year1972
CountryUnited States
DirectorRobert Altman
MovementNew Hollywood
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It’s a bit of an homage to Ingmar Bergman. Persona was a film that very much impressed me at the time, and I wanted to do something similar in terms of psychological depth and ambiguity.
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