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Cries and Whispers, 1972

Starring: Liv Ullmann, Ingrid Thulin

Directed by: Ingmar Bergman

Written by: Ingmar Bergman

Language: Swedish

Country: Sweden

Runtime: 91 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:8.0

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The mood of Cries and Whispers is bittersweet, emotional, and captivating. The plot centers around human nature, power relations, and family problems. It is a drama and foreign movie. Stylistically, Cries and Whispers is a melodrama and stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Cries and Whispers happens in the 19th century. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed and an Oscar winner.

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Ingmar Bergman's acclaimed drama, which deals with the fractured relationships between three sisters, is set in a vast turn-of-the-century manor house where unidentified voices are continually whispering and mingle with a dying woman's cries of pain. Karin and Maria (played by Ingrid Thulin and Liv Ullmann, respectively) have come to stay with their sister Agnes (Harriet Andersson), who is suffering from cancer, during the final stretch of her illness. Attending to Agnes is her faithful maid Anna (Kari Sylwan), who, in spite of her apparent social inferiority, is the only one who remains steadfast and dauntless until the very end--the two other women, plagued by guilt, loneliness, and jealousy of one another, are unable to offer assistance or even sympathy in their sister's hour of need. Lauded often for its innovative stylistic elements (such as flashbacks introduced by a fade to red--a color that dominates the picture as a whole--and extreme, expressive close-ups of the actresses' faces), Cries and Whispers features sumptuous period costume design and stunning photography by longtime Bergman cinematographer Sven Nykvist.