One of the greatest masters of the theater, Gabriele Lavia stars in and directs *After the Rehearsal*, Ingmar Bergman’s masterpiece—originally made as a television film and presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984. At the heart of the work is the human failure of a highly successful man who, without knowing it or intending to, has dragged other lives down with him in his own downfall.
After the test
Ingmar Bergman / Gabriele Lavia
show in production
After the test
Ingmar Bergman / Gabriele Lavia
show in production
An empty stage, suspended in an indefinite moment in time. A long table for table-top rehearsals, surrounded by chairs arranged haphazardly, as if they’d been abandoned in a hurry. Next to it, a disorderly pile of furniture and props—a large swivel mirror, a piano, a cradle, a school desk, a rag doll, an accordion, and many music boxes—all hidden beneath a gray cloth.
At the head of the table, motionless, sits the director Vogler: an almost mummified figure, his head resting on the table amid scripts, notebooks, a thermos, mugs, and glasses. The atmosphere is that of a black-and-white photograph, suspended between memory and the present.
Out of this silence emerges Rakel, dressed in red—a sudden and unsettling presence—who bursts in like an embodied memory or a ghost of desire. It is the beginning of an intimate and ruthless confrontation, in which reality and vision intertwine, bringing to light loves, regrets, and failures.
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