72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Tystnaden / The Silence

Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
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Two sisters with very different personalities, Ester and Anna, and the latter's 10-year-old son Johan, make their way back to Sweden by train through a country where everyone speaks a strange language. Stopping to rest, they take lodgings in a hotel of a city that looks as if it's in the middle of a war. Ester falls seriously ill and Johan explores the mysterious world of the hotel, running into a troupe of dwarfs, while Anna has an affair with a waiter. Everyone finally accepts the tragic inevitability of being unable to communicate, a situation which is further complicated by Ester's physical attraction for her sister. 

Director
Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay
Ingmar Bergman
Photography
Sven Nykvsit
Edition
Ulla Ryghe
Music
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ivan Renliden, Bo Nilsson
Cast
Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Jörgen Lindström, Hakan Jahnberg
Running Time
96 m.
Country
Sweden
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