Cries and Whispers
1972 film directed by Ingmar Bergman
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7.9As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.
Released: 1972-12-2195 minDir: Ingmar BergmanDrama
Cast
- Liv Ullmann as Maria
- Ingrid Thulin as Karin
- Kari Sylwan as Anna
- Harriet Andersson as Agnes
- Erland Josephson as David
- Georg Årlin as Fredrik
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Ratings
IMDb
7.9/10
39,520 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Article
Cries and Whispers (Swedish: Viskningar och rop, lit. 'Whispers and cries') is a 1972 Swedish tragedy 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). The servant (Sylwan) is close to her, while the other two sisters (Ullmann and Thulin) confront their emotional distance from each other.
Inspired by Bergman's mother, Karin Åkerblom, and his vision of four women in a red room, Cries and Whispers was filmed at Taxinge-Näsby Castle in 1971. Its themes include faith, the female psyche and the search for meaning in suffering, and academics have found Biblical allusions. Unlike previous Bergman films, it uses saturated colour, crimson in particular.