Cries and Whispers

(1972)

★ 7.9 IMDb · 802 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1972

Runtime: 91 мин

Country: Sweden

Director: Ингмар Бергман

Cast: Лив Ульман, Ingrid Thulin, Kari Sylwan, Harriet Andersson, Эрланд Юзефсон, Georg Årlin, Anders Ek, Henning Moritzen, Ингмар Бергман, Ingrid Sandell

Plot

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.

In turn-of-the-century Sweden, cancer-stricken, dying Agnes is visited in her isolated rural mansion by her sisters Karin and Maria. As Agnes' condition deteriorates and pain management becomes increasingly more difficult, fear and revulsion grip the sisters, who seem incapable of empathy, and Agnes' only comfort and solace comes from her maid Anna. As the end draws closer, long repressed feelings of grudging resentment and mistrust cause jealousy, selfishness, and bitterness between the siblings to surface.