Film
Cries and Whispers (15)
Dir. Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1973, 92 mins, subtitled. Cast. Liv Ulmann, Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin.
Memories, dreams and the passage of time combine in Ingmar Bergman’s visually stunning masterwork, re-released for its 50th anniversary.
Sisters Maria and Karin have returned to their family’s rural manor home to tend to their dying sibling Agnes. Waiting for the inevitable, the sisters’ cold familiarity and lack of connection are thrown into sharp relief by the honest, abandoned love the family housemaid lavishes upon Agnes, and troubling memories and long-repressed feelings rise to the surface.
Memories, dreams and the passage of time combine in Ingmar Bergman’s visually stunning masterwork, re-released for its 50th anniversary.
Sisters Maria and Karin have returned to their family’s rural manor home to tend to their dying sibling Agnes. Waiting for the inevitable, the sisters’ cold familiarity and lack of connection are thrown into sharp relief by the honest, abandoned love the family housemaid lavishes upon Agnes, and troubling memories and long-repressed feelings rise to the surface.
