The Silence (1963)
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BERGMAN at his most POWERFUL! SHOCKING! BOLD!
Themes:Family DysfunctionIdentity CrisisCommunication BreakdownLonelinessWar's ImpactUnspoken WordsDiscover Similar ThemesMood:MelancholicThought-ProvokingBleakIntriguingIsolatedDiscover Similar Mood
Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their stay. Anna provokes her sister by enjoying a dalliance with a local man, while the boy, left to himself, has a series of enigmatic encounters that heighten the growing air of isolation.
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Child's PerspectiveUnreliable NarratorSymbolic ImageryMysterious EncountersWar-Torn SettingUncommunicative CharactersHotel As A Microcosm Of The WorldUnspoken Family Tensions




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Directed by: Sven Nykvist, Ingmar Bergman
Produced by: Allan Ekelund
Composed by: Ivan Renliden
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