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Aug 18, 2002 · A powerful and personal film by Ingmar Bergman about a dying woman and her sisters, who are bound by a painful history and a red interior. The review analyzes the emotions, colors, flashbacks and dream sequence of the film, and its impact and nominations.
Mar 21, 2003 · A detailed and insightful analysis of Ingmar Bergman's 1972 film Cries and Whispers, a visually stunning and thematically complex exploration of the nature of pain and the human condition. The article examines the film's visual style, narrative structure, characterization, religious subtext, and gender politics.
- Marco Lanzagorta
'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).
Apr 24, 2015 · Cries and Whispers has tortured characters dealing with their mortality. It’s set in a lavish estate where material considerations are unimportant when compared to emotional poverty, and it...
Jun 18, 2001 · For Cries and Whispers concerns the physical body and the process of dying and, more important still, the coming to terms with death. From a thematic point of view, Cries and Whispers represents Bergman’s most daring attempt to achieve a dream state on film.
When Agnes cries out in the night, in fear and agony, it is Anna who cradles her to her bosom, whispering soft endearments. The others cannot stand to be touched. In a moment of conjured nostalgia, Maria and Karin remember their closeness as children.
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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).
