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Cries and Whispers (1972)

R ★ 7.9/10 95 min Drama Sweden Swedish
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay by: Ingmar Bergman
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Four women dressed in white in a mansion painted red... haunted by whispers and cries.

Description

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.

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Top Cast

Liv Ullmann
Liv Ullmann Maria
Ingrid Thulin
Ingrid Thulin Karin
Kari Sylwan
Kari Sylwan Anna
Harriet Andersson
Harriet Andersson Agnes
Erland Josephson
Erland Josephson David
Georg Årlin
Georg Årlin Fredrik
Anders Ek
Anders Ek Isak
Henning Moritzen
Henning Moritzen Joakim

Cries and Whispers Appears on 14 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #460
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #100
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #239

Critic Curated

"35 Disturbing Foreign Films to Watch, from Gaspar Noé to Takashi Miike"
IndieWire #21
Popmatters 100 Essential Female Film Performances
PopMatters #01
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #85
Rolling Stone - The 100 Best Movies Of The 1970s
Rolling Stone #52

Filmmaker Curation

Ari Aster's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #02
Francois Truffaut's List Of Favorite Films
LaCinetek #89
Park Chan Wook's List Of 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #32
Robert Eggers Favorite Movies
Various #19
Yorgos Lanthimos's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #02

Genre Curation

Discomfort Movies by BFI
British Film Institute #65

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1970-1979 Films
Letterboxd #31

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