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Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

(Viskningar och rop), Ingmar Bergman / SWE, 1973
Swedish version / Czech and English subtitles, 88 min

"My new film is an homage to my mother". In interviews, Ingmar Bergman said that in this film he wanted to present four aspects of his own mother, who was an overbearing woman whom he loved very much. By means of the film, he has sought to find out something about her. Without presenting a portrait or a biography, it was one way of getting to know her: by having her different aspects interpreted by four women, three sisters and a servant girl.