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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 92%. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 93% of the 1,101 1970s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
803 audience votes
Key crew
- Ingmar BergmanDirector
- Ingmar BergmanScreenplay
Cast
- Liv UllmannMaria
- Ingrid ThulinKarin
- Kari SylwanAnna
- Harriet AnderssonAgnes
- Erland JosephsonDavid
- Georg ÅrlinFredrik
- Anders EkIsak
- Henning MoritzenJoakim
- Ingmar BergmanNarrator (voice)
- Ingrid SandellGirl at a Family Gathering (uncredited)
- Ingrid BergmanSpectator
- Linn UllmannMaria's Daughter
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Themes
dying and deathsibling relationshipswedensistercancermansion19th century
The Best Movies of 1972
Cries and Whispers is #6 of 49
