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The Silence

Tystnaden

1963

Ingmar Bergman

Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Jörgen Lindström, Haakan Jahnberg ...

7.7

4,344

Drama The third entry in Ingmar Bergman's trilogy about faith and redemption (with 'Through a Glass Darkly' and 'Winter Light'). Two sisters - the sickly, intellectual Ester and the sensual, pragmatic Anna - travel by train with Anna’s young son Johan to a foreign country seemingly on the brink of war. Attempting to cope with their alien surroundings, the sisters resort to their personal vices while vying for Johan’s affection, and in so ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The juxtaposition of the child with the scenes of adult behavior is disquieting (...) Nykvist's lighting is precise (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"[Bergman] handles the poignant theme of the boy with an affecting use of close-ups that have deep emotional quality (...) Bergman has not given us enough to draw on"	NEU
United States	Don Druker Chicago Reader	"The staggering integrity with which Bergman portrays the oppressive atmosphere of a world that becomes more and more incomprehensible (...) makes it one of his most perfectly realized efforts"	POS
United States	Variety	"The sex scenes have vigor and primitive power (...) Technical credits are all excellent, with a special mention of the camerawork and the birth of a new star, Lindblom."	POS
United Kingdom	Brian Baxter The Guardian	"One of the definitive masterpieces concerned with childhood. Arguably his finest work"	POS
United Kingdom	Nigel Floyd Time Out	"Bergman's severe symbolism emphasises both the seeming impossibility of, and the absolute necessity for, human tenderness in a Godless world."	POS
United States	Richard Brody The New Yorker	"[A film with] vast dramatic and cinematic power"	POS

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