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'Whispers and Cries') is a 1972 Swedish period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin and Liv Ullmann. The film, set in a mansion at the end of the 19th century, is about three sisters and a servant who struggle with the terminal cancer of one of the sisters (Andersson).
Aug 18, 2002 · Cries and Whispers. Roger Ebert August 18, 2002. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. ‘Cries and Whispers” envelops us in a tomb of dread, pain and hate, and to counter these powerful feelings it summons selfless love. It is, I think, Ingmar Bergman ’s way of treating his own self-disgust, and his envy of those who have faith.
Mar 5, 1973 · Cries & Whispers: Directed by Ingmar Bergman. With Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann. When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.
As Agnes (Harriet Andersson) slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so deeply immersed in their own psychic pains that they can't offer her the support she needs. Maria (Liv Ullmann) is wracked ...
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Cries and Whispers. This existential wail of a drama concerns two sisters, Karin (Ingrid Thulin) and Maria (Liv Ullmann), keeping vigil for a third, Agnes (Harriet Andersson), who is dying of cancer and can find solace only in the arms of a beatific servant (Kari Sylwan).
Anna is the servant of the house, the only one who can comfort Agnes. When the illness of the latter worsens, the women of his life gather on his deathbed. An intense film, from the most impressive experimental works by Bergman. A family drama takes place in a mansion in the late 1800's.
Reviews. Cries and Whispers. Roger Ebert February 12, 1973. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "Cries and Whispers" is like no movie I've seen before, and like no movie Ingmar Bergman has made before; although we are all likely to see many films in our lives, there will be few like this one. It is hypnotic, disturbing, frightening.
