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Cries and Whispers

Movie · 1972 · 90 min

A slow, suffocating immersion in grief and emotional coldness, lit in crimson, that lingers like a raw wound.

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1972 film directed by Ingmar Bergman
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Year
1972
Runtime
90 min
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • grief
  • family
  • isolation
  • faith
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour1
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, historical
Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Written by
Ingmar Bergman
Starring
Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Ingrid Thulin, Erland Josephson, Harriet Andersson, Linn Ullmann, Anders Ek, Georg Årlin
Music
Pierre Fournier
Cinematography
Sven Nykvist
Runtime
90 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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