Cries and whispers
A story of four women's search for spiritual peace. Agnes, a spinster who lives with her housekeeper, is dying of cancer, and is visited one last time by her two sisters, Karin and Maria. These two become entangled in feelings of jealousy, manipulation and selfishness. Yet Agnes, tortured by ca...
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| Language: | Swedish English |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
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| Summary: | A story of four women's search for spiritual peace. Agnes, a spinster who lives with her housekeeper, is dying of cancer, and is visited one last time by her two sisters, Karin and Maria. These two become entangled in feelings of jealousy, manipulation and selfishness. Yet Agnes, tortured by cancer, is able to transcend her sisters' pettiness to remember moments of staggering beauty as well as horror. |
| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1972 by Cinematograph AB. Special feature: Reflections on life, death and love, an interview with Ingmar Bergman by Erland Josephson. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R. |
| Awards: | New York Film Critics Award: Best picture, Director, Screenplay and Actress (Liv Ullmann); Academy Award: Best cinematography; National Board of Review: Best director, Best foreign film; National Society of Film Critics: Best screenplay, Best cinematography. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Sven Nykvist ; editor, Siv Lundgren ; music, Chopin and Bach. |
| Published: |
[U.S.] :
Criterion Collection/Janus Films,
[2001]
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| ISBN: | 0780024036 |
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| Call Number: |
PN1995.9.F6788 V575 2001 |
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| PN1995.9.F6788 V575 2001 | Available Place a Hold |