(1972) English title: Cries and whispers
Viskningar och rop
Description
Description
The relationship between three sisters is masterfully explored by Bergman in Cries and whispers.
Set in rural Sweden around the turn of the century, three sisters reside in a vast manor house with their housekeeper. Agnes painfully lives out the last days of her life, hoping for companionship and affection. Her sisters have come to her bedside, but the self-absorption and paralysis caused by the dissatisfaction they experience in their day-to-day lives, and their estrangement from one another, inhibits their love for their sister, and eventually causes them to turn their backs on her.
Atmospheric and haunting, with supreme performances by all four actresses, and award-winning cinematography by Sven Nykvist make the film a true masterpiece.
