Cries and whispers

Cries and whispers [1]  ( Viskningar och ropSwedish:) is a film by the Swedish Director Ingmar Bergman from the year 1972. The film is set in a mansion at the end of the19th century and tells the story of three sisters, one of which is dying.

The film won the 1974 Oscar ceremony of the prize for the best camera work. ==Story[ Edit] == Agnes has cancer and is dying. On rare moments she has the strength to write in her diary. However, they mostly by State excruciating pains. Maria and Karin are at their sister Agnes on visit to assist her in her to meditate, but they remain reserved and cold. At the sight of their critically ill sister they are confronted with their own mortality.Only the devout maid Anna, whose only daughter died as a child, is able to offer solace and Agnes human warmth.

Agnes dies, but returns soon after, back from the dead. In a dream scene she asks her sisters to donate her warmth and love. Karin and Maria for a time grow closer together in the face of their dead sister, but immediately afterwards they are again equally reserved and chilly as before. Only Anna is able to close the dead Agnes in her arms and to mourn. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] ==
 * Harriet Andersson: Agnes
 * Ingrid Thulin: Karin
 * Liv Ullmann: Maria
 * Kari Sylwan: Anna
 * Erland Josephson: David
 * Else Ek: Isak
 * Inga Gill: Narrator
 * Henning Moritzen: Joakim
 * Georg Årlin: Fredrik