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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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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.

Five conversations frame a flawed marriage in this film written by Ingmar Bergman about his parents. Guilt-ridden wife Anna (Pernilla August) divulges an extramarital affair to a priest, her uncle Jacob (Max von Sydow). He presses her to confess her sins to her husband, Henrik. As the film moves back and forth in time, the notion of truth is tested. Tomas, the lover, and Henrik will find that Anna’s confessions do not absolve anyone, and have the power to inflict more pain. Source: Rotten Tomatoes

Enskilda samtal 1996 Theatrical Cut PAL DVD DD2.0 x264-RR.mkv

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Language(s):Swedish
Subtitles:English

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After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva. The pair have a troubled relationship: Charlotte sacrificed the responsibilities of motherhood for a career as a classical pianist. Over an emotional night, the pair reopen the wounds of the past. Charlotte gets another shock when she finds out that her mentally impaired daughter, Helena, is out of the asylum and living with Eva.

Autumn.Sonata.1978.1080p.BluRay.FLAC.1.0.x264-c0kE.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 32 min
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Language(s):Swedish
Subtitles:English, Chinese, Vietnamese

The post Ingmar Bergman – Höstsonaten AKA Autumn Sonata (1978) (HD) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

STORYLINE:
Europe 1990, the Berlin wall has just crumbled: Katrine, raised in East Germany, now living in Norway since 20 years, is a war child: the result of a love relationship between a Norwegian woman and a German occupation soldier during World War II. Katrine enjoys a happy family life, with her mother, her husband, daughter and grand-daughter. But when a lawyer asks her and her mother to witness in a trial against the Norwegian state on behalf of the war children, she resists. Gradually, a web of concealment and secrets is unveiled, until Katrine is finally stripped of everything, and her loved ones are forced to take a stand: What carries more weight, the life they have lived together, or the lie it is based on?

Germany’s official submission to the Best Foreign
Language Film category of the 86th Academy Awards 2014.

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Language(s):German, Norwegian, English, Russian, Danish
Subtitles:English, German, French, Portuguese, Spanish

The post Georg Maas & Judith Kaufmann – Zwei Leben AKA Two Lives (2012) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Psychiatrist Dr. Jenny Isaksson has temporally moved in with her grandparents in the house in which she grew up. In watching her grandmother lovingly take care of her ailing grandfather, remembering back to her childhood with her grandparents, spending time with her friend Tomas, and processing an event associated with one of her more severe cases, Jenny, in a fragile mental state, begins to have a nervous breakdown. In a semi-lucid state while conscious, and in semi-consciousness regarding reality when she dreams in her sleep, Jenny may begin to process her fragile mental state, especially if it is better to be alive or dead.

Ansikte.mot Ansikte.1976.E01.EngSub.1080p.25fps.mkv

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Language(s):Swedish
Subtitles:English (hardcoded)

The post Ingmar Bergman – Ansikte mot ansikte AKA Face to Face (TV Version) (1976) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

“Liv Ullmann’s directorial debut is a beguiling and bittersweet tale about the yearning to be free… “

Synopsis:
Copenhagen at the end of the nineteenth century. Sofie is a beautiful and cultured 28-year-old who lives at home with her parents Frederikke and Semmy. They only want the best for her and worry that she will end up an old maid like her three aunts with whom they share the weekly Sabbath meal…

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Language:Swedish,Danish
Subtitles:English, Danish (for non-Danish dialogues)

The post Liv Ullmann – Sofie (1992) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Summary:
This film is a story of a close, but complex friendship between two women against the backdrop of the military dictatorship. They swear everlasting friendship and promise to become actresses. Twenty years later, Raquel has indeed become a famous Argentine actress. Maria is married to an electrician and has three children.
1976. The military take over the government. Carlos, Maria’s oldest son, is taken away by a special commando. Despairing, Maria turns to her influential girlfriend, Raquel. The two women begin their search for Carlos. The two go to police departments, barracks, official bureaus. But nobody will give them information. And those who ask questions are themselves suspicious. Raquel is also threatened.
Raquel leaves the country. She goes to Germany, to Berlin, the town her family was forced to leave when Hitler came to power. In the meantime, Maria joins the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo – a group of Argentine women all looking for missing members of their families. The two women do not see each other again until Maria comes to Germany to meet a friend of her missing son. Raquel realizes how much Maria has changed, how self-confident and uncompromising this shy woman from the suburbs has become. The old friendship is still there, but the differences in their opinions and attitudes to life have widened.
December 1983. The military dictatorship in Argentina comes to an end and Raquel returns to Buenos Aires. Frightened and insecure, she tries to adapt and to look forward. She wishes her girlfriend would also give up her demands. She urges Maria to accept that Carlos is dead. Maria refuses: her son is not dead, he is “missing”. Nothing should be forgotten, so that nothing can be repeated.

1.41GB | 1h 45m | 736×414 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/B3D291F7C292E0B/La.amiga.AKA.The.Girlfriend.1988.DVDRip.x264.mkv

Language(s):Spanish
Subtitles:English,German,Spanish

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