'' In the Presence of a Clown '' ( ) is a television film by Ingmar Bergman , recorded for Swedish television in 1997 with Bergman as a director . It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1998 Cannes Film Festival . It tells the story of a professor named Carl , who has been found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to treatment in a mental ward . In the hospital he befriends a man named Osvald , and they attempt to make and promote a film
1998 Cannes Film Festival
1998 Cannes Film Festival
In the Presence of a Clown