It had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 11 July 2021. It was released in France on 14 July 2021, by Les Films du Losange.
Cast: Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie
The legendary Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman hangs like a shadow over the latest from Mia Hansen-Løve’s film which asks questions about inspiration in the story of a married filmmaker couple on a retreat. Vicky Krieps and Tim Roth play Chris and Tony, both directors and screenwriters themselves, who take a trip to Fårö, the spot where Bergman lived and made some of his most famous films. They are sleeping in the bed where parts ofScenes from a Marriage was filmed, if there weren’t enough dread hanging over their coupling. But Bergman Island is not exactly about a marriage falling apart. Rather, it’s about what we ask from art and artists and how we choose to utilize that in our own work. While Tony is diligently working on a screenplay, Chris is searching for what her next project will be, looking to establish herself independently of her influences, almost rejecting the darkness that has come to define Bergman’s work. About midway through the narrative, a film within a film—Chris’ idea—starts to take over, starring Mia Wasikowska as another woman who comes to this gorgeous and strange locale searching.
