SWEDEN · 1972

Cries and Whispers

Ingmar Bergman
European Art Cinema terminal illness family dysfunction emotional isolation mortality and death inability to communicate
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As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.

Year1972
CountrySweden
DirectorIngmar Bergman
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  1. Hour of the Wolf 1968 · Ingmar Bergman Sweden
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