Liv Ullmann
Maria (and her mother)
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Cries and Whispers ( Swedish: Viskningar och rop, lit. '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 ...
Aug 18, 2002 · A powerful and personal film about a dying woman and her sisters, set in a red-walled manor house. Ebert analyzes the emotions, colors, flashbacks and dream sequence of this 1972 classic by Ingmar Bergman.
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.
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- Ingmar Bergman
- 1973-03-05
CRIES AND WHISPERS is a perfect depiction of the horror behind life and its meaning. This is easily one of Ingmar Bergman’s best works. The film is painful, upsetting, petrifying disturbing and ...
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- Ingmar Bergman
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- Liv Ullmann
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). An intensely felt film that is one of Bergman’s most striking formal ...
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An intense film, from the most impressive experimental works by Bergman. A family drama takes place in a mansion in the late 1800's. Karin and Maria watch over their sister Agnes' sickbed together with the servant Anna. Through flashbacks the lives of both sisters are described, which are full of lies, deceit, callousness, self despise, guilt ...
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A hypnotic, disturbing and frightening film about dying, love, sexual passion, hatred and death. The film follows three sisters who stay with their dying sister in a manor house, and explores their repressed emotions and taboos.
