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The Touch

Beröringen (The Touch)

1971

Ingmar Bergman

Bibi Andersson, Elliott Gould, Max von Sydow, Elsa Ebbesen ...

6.6

576

Drama. Romance A seemingly happy Swedish housewife and mother begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist who is working near her home. But he is an emotionally scarred man, a Jewish survivor from a concentration camp who found refuge in the U.S.,and, consequently, their relationship will be painfully difficult.

	Media	Author	Review
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Bergman may occasionally make dull movies—as I believe 'The Touch' to be—but he cannot be stupid, and 'The Touch' is full of what might be called the innuendos of his genius."
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"'The Touch' is not only a disappointment but an unexpected failure of tone (...) What began as an intense study of character ends up on the edge of melodrama (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Not exactly Bergman at his best, but still well worth a look."
		Richard Brody The New Yorker	"Very rare and very beautiful"
		Rodrigo Perez The Playlist	"It’s an odd duck film, with weird and seemingly mis-matched tones, but it is a rarity and there’s never a dull moment"
		Time Out	"Bergman may have temporarily shelved his metaphysical concerns (...) but his analysis of human relationships is as complex as ever."
		IndieWire	"It is a film maudit not because it suggests a filmmaker struggling with his material, but because the film falls short of the mark even while it remains so close to Bergman’s other work."

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