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Brink of Life, (Swedish: Nära livet, and known as So Close to Life in the UK) is a 1958 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman. Bergman won the Best Director Award and Andersson, Dahlbeck, Ornäs and Thulin won the Best Actress Award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.
Brink of Life: Directed by Ingmar Bergman. With Eva Dahlbeck, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs. Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other, where they face the choice of keeping their babies or offering them for adoption.
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- Drama
- Ingmar Bergman
- 1958-03-31
Brink of Life. At the height of his international acclaim, Ingmar Bergman followed two meditations on death, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries, with an examination of the mystery and pain of birth. This intimate chamber drama, set in a maternity ward, follows the emotional crises of three women as they grapple with motherhood.
- Stina Andersson
Brief Synopsis. Three women awaiting childbirth face turning points in their lives.
- Ingmar Bergman
- Eva Dahlbeck
Currently you are able to watch "Brink of Life" streaming on Criterion Channel, Cultpix. It is also possible to buy "Brink of Life" on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Vudu as download or rent it on Vudu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube online.
- Ingmar Bergman
- 15
'Brink of Life' (aka. 'So Close to Life') is a gripping, fairly early minor work from quite possibly the most consistently rewarding film maker of emotional drama that ever lived. Three women from very different worlds find themselves in the same maternity ward, confronting different dilemmas in the face of the human race's oldest routine.
Brink of Life. Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1958 • Sweden. Starring Ingrid Thulin, Eva Dahlbeck, Bibi Andersson. At the height of his international acclaim, Ingmar Bergman followed two meditations on death, THE SEVENTH SEAL and WILD STRAWBERRIES, with an examination of the mystery and pain of birth.
