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Mood:
- AtmosphericBleakContemplativeGloomy
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Plot:
- Human NaturePsychologicalParents and ChildrenSiblings RelationsMental IllnessMind and SoulFamily ProblemsFamily Relations more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeign
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century60s
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Place:
- SwedenIsland
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedMasterpieceOscar WinnerBerlin Festival WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Look:
- B&W
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Through a Glass Darkly, 1961
Swedish
Sweden
Profile of Through a Glass Darkly
Through a Glass Darkly can be described as atmospheric, bleak, and gloomy. The plot revolves around mental illness, human nature, and sibling relations. The main genres are drama and foreign. In approach, Through a Glass Darkly is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. It is set, at least in part, on an island. Through a Glass Darkly is located in Sweden. It takes place in the 1960s. Visually, it is black and white. Through a Glass Darkly has received attention for being a Berlin festival winner, a masterpiece, and an Oscar winner.
Summary of Through a Glass Darkly
THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY won Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film for the second year in a row. (It was preceded by THE VIRGIN SPRING, which won in 1960.) The picture represents Bergman's first experiment with what he referred to as the chamber play, featuring only four characters whose configuration resembles that of a string quartet. Karin (Harriet Andersson), a young woman recently released from a mental institution, is on holiday on a secluded island with her father, David (Gunnar Björnstrand), a writer; her husband, Martin (Max von Sydow); and her younger brother, Minus (Lars Passgård). The presence of her family, who are caught up in their own problems and unable to offer her the love and emotional support she requires, proves detrimental to Karin's mental condition instead of bringing about her recovery. Soon she is undergoing an emotional crisis, culminating in the memorable hallucinogenic episode in which she envisions God as a spider.
This was the first film of Bergman's trilogy of faith--which also includes WINTER LIGHT and THE SILENCE--though this is a concept discredited later on by Bergman himself, who ultimately saw few thematic links among the three movies.
Details
| Language: | Swedish |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Release date: | 13 March 1962 |
| Runtime: | 89 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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