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“God, why hast thou forsaken me?” With Winter Light, Ingmar Bergman explores the search for redemption in a meaningless existence. Small-town pastor Tomas Ericsson (Gunnar Björnstrand) performs his duties mechanically before a dwindling congregation, including his stubbornly devoted lover, Märta (Ingrid Thulin). When he is asked to assuage a troubled parishioner’s (Max von Sydow) debilitating fear of nuclear annihilation, Tomas is terrified to find that he can provide nothing but his own doubt. The beautifully photographed Winter Light is an unsettling look at the human craving for personal validation in a world seemingly abandoned by God.

Ingmar Bergman - (1963) Winter Light.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/C928838C1C58382/Ingmar_Bergman_-_(1963)_Winter_Light.mkv

Language(s):Swedish
Subtitles:English

The post Ingmar Bergman – Nattvardsgästerna AKA Winter Light (1963) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Stickan is released from prison after some years behind bars. He is trying to rehabilitate to society With help from the probation officer. Then Janne ,one of his old friends from prison, come and visit him and he is full ideas of how to make money without having to work. Soon the two friends plan a bank robbery.

The film have some similarity’s with a crime that took place in Nyköping 1966. Clark Olofsson and Gunnar Norgren tried to escape from the police and Nordgren shot and killed a police officer. Clark Olofsson is probably the most famous Swedish criminal of the last century.

Jan Halldoff - En dröm om frihet (1969).avi

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Container:	AVI
Runtime:	1h 21mn
Size:	674 MiB
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https://nitro.download/view/F6F8B5CD2B454A7/Jan_Halldoff_-_En_drom_om_frihet_(1969).avi

Language(s):Swedish
Subtitles:None

The post Jan Halldoff – En dröm om frihet AKA A Dream of Freedom (1969) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A priest, Sven, and his wife Anna live in a lonely vicarage in northern Sweden. Anna has been suffering from nervous trouble. With them lives her “self-sacrificing” friend Hedvig. Hedvig is a complicated character. At first sight she exposes dark sides. She has sworn her self to the devil, by carving a bloody cross onto her body. Hedvig is successfully performing a lot of sorceries, several of them with a strong erotic meaning Thus she sneaks naked to the priest’s bed during night. Leaning over him she kisses his body. Sven is moving uneasily in his sleep but does not wake up. Carefully she sits astride him. There is a night of lust. Anna fins herself soon entangled in a net of wickedness. It is surrounding her from all sides, still it is gliding away, always impalpable. There are cases of violent death, declared “natural” in spite of many question marks. There is a heavy atmosphere of fright, hatred and eroticism in the beautiful vicarage…

Sensuous Sorceress.1970.576p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 38 min
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https://nitro.download/view/4B0220EE254561A/Sensuous_Sorceress.1970.576p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv

Language(s):Swedish
Subtitles:English, Swedish

The post Torgny Wickman – Skräcken har 1000 ögon AKA Sensuous Sorceress (1970) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

The revolutionary Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint. Exploring her enigmatic life, now recognized as one of the Western world’s first abstract artists.

This movie brings to life the story of a woman who posthumously revolutionized the art world as one of the first abstract artists. In this immersive biopic starring Tora Hallström as the young Hilma, and Lena Olin as the mature Hilma, we follow the artist from her early life through her rising artistic career and spiritual awakening after the loss of her beloved younger sister Hermina. Hilma explores af Klint’s spiritualism, her unconventional love life, and the impetus behind her work — from the writings of Rudolph Steiner to the strong influence of the Theosophic Movement, and her belief in its mystical philosophy — in a portrait of a woman well ahead of her time.

Having remained unknown and unrecognized as the woman who invented abstract painting after her death in 1944, a 2019 Guggenheim Museum exhibition devoted to Hilma af Klint’s work became her first major solo exhibition in the U.S., revolutionizing the art world and art history while displacing Kandinsky, Malevich and Mondrian as the fathers of Modernism.

Hilma (2022).576p.BDRip.5.1 AC3.x264.Sweden_VN.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 59 min
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Bit rate: 	3 000 kb/s
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https://nitro.download/view/C57996BA5AA24D8/Hilma_(2022).576p.BDRip.5.1_AC3.x264.Sweden_VN.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish (SRT Subtitle Muxed as Optional), German (SUP & VOBSUB Subtitle Muxed as Optional)

The post Lasse Hallström – Hilma (2022) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Cries and Whispers is a powerful, richly textured exploration of the human soul. The story is set on a remote country house, stripped from the distractions of the outside world (the only “guest” is an attending physician). Agnes (Harriet Andersson) is a terminally ill woman who is cared for by her two sisters: Karin (Ingrid Thulin), repressed and domineering, and Maria (Liv Ullman), sensual and indecisive. However, her only source of comfort is the devoted, nurturing maid, Anna (Kari Sylwan). As with other Bergman films, most notably Autumn Sonata, the film is a heartbreaking portrait of pain and regret, of things left unsaid and undone, until it is too late. Agnes’s slow, agonizing death is shattering, especially as she futilely struggles to reconcile the sisters, as her languid, convulsive frame strains each breath. Unable to reunite her sisters, her tortured soul can only grieve in incoherent gasps. Similar to Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilych, death confers a profound revelation whose meaning escapes the survivors. Cries and Whispers is a beautifully devastating story of isolation, communication, love, and death.

Ingmar Bergman resisted using color as a novelty. His use of color in the film is precise and deliberate. Contrast the pale, muted landscape to the rich, deep colors inside the house. The color red, featured prominently in the film (as in Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Red) is used to create a multifaceted visual theme. The effect is one of immersion: a soul foundering in the corporal life blood, a stifling, forced intimacy arising from absence and isolation, and a body slowly consumed by illness. Cries and Whispers is a remarkable film of intoxicating beauty and extraordinary depth, a sublime work of art from a true master.

Cries.and.Whispers.1972.576p.BluRay.AAC1.0.x264-Dariush.mkv

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#2:	Swedish 1.0ch AAC LC @ 192 kb/s (Criterion BD)
#3:	English 1.0ch AC-3 @ 192 kb/s (English Dub)

https://nitro.download/view/9E710E36EE5BECC/Cries.and.Whispers.1972.576p.BluRay.AAC1.0.x264-Dariush.mkv

Language(s):Italian
Subtitles:English, French, Persian,Swedish

The post Ingmar Bergman – Viskningar och rop AKA Cries and Whispers (1972) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

An examination of how the traditions of the Sami villagers in northern Sweden is confronted with modern day society.

Varg.2008.720p.BluRay.DTS.x264-ESiR.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/D3C7FE8E0F6E6B9/Varg.2008.720p.BluRay.DTS.x264-ESiR.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/8DB2815C9A58F93/Varg.2008.720p.BluRay.DTS.x264-ESiR.srt

Language(s):Swedish, Saami
Subtitles:English, Korean, Japanese

The post Daniel Alfredson – Varg AKA Wolf (2008) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

The story of Dylan Pettersson, a 23 year old girl from a small island in the Swedish archipelago with big dancing aspirations.

Dancing.Queens.2021.1080p.NF.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.x264-T4H.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/F6477D96ABCCF80/Dancing.Queens.2021.1080p.NF.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.x264-T4H.mkv

Language(s):Swedish, English
Subtitles:Multi Language

The post Helena Bergström – Dancing Queens (2021) first appeared on Cinema of the World.