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Cries and Whispers

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Cries and Whispers
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NR,1hr 35min
Genres:
Drama,Romance
Release:
1972
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin  ...more
Synopsis: Cries and Whispers stars Liv Ullman and Ingrid Thulin as the sisters of dying cancer patient Harriet Andersson. Both sisters have already had brushes with death: Ullman has had an affair which prompted her husband's suicide, while Thulin has long wanted to do away with herself, at one point mutilating her own vagina out of self-hatred. As for Andersson, she has been in pain so long that she feels as though she's in the midst of death-in-life. With her two sisters wrapped up in their own problems, ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers (Viskningar Och Rop) finds the director exploring many of the same themes as his landmark Persona (1966). A study of three sisters and the "tissue of lies" between them, the film once again measures the tremors caused by long-buried secrets, dreams, and resentments. Not one gesture rings false, particularly in the distant-but-sympathetic performance of Bergman's ... Full Review
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