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Rating: 8.5 stars

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Cries and Whispers (1972)

Directed by Ingmar Bergman

Drama

Overview

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.

Rated R | Length 95 minutes

Actors

Liv Ullmann | Ingrid Thulin | Kari Sylwan | Harriet Andersson | Erland Josephson | Georg Årlin | Anders Ek | Henning Moritzen | Ingmar Bergman | Ingrid Sandell | Ingrid Bergman | Linn Ullmann | Inga Gill | Greta Johansson | Marianne Aubert | Rossana Mariano | Malin Gjörup | Lena Bergman | Ann-Christin Lobråten | Börje Lundh | Lars-Owe Carlberg | Monika Priede

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Mysterious and difficult, but hugely rewarding. I think this is Bergman’s first film that deals specifically with death and the way people behave when faced with it.

The color red is featured prominently (the sets, the scene transitions, etc.) and Bergman described it as the “interior of the soul.”

Sven Nykvist won the Oscar for the cinematography, and there are magnificent performances from Harriet Andersson, Liv Ullman, and Ingrid Thulin.

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