Winter Light Comments

  • Lavonne 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    The struggle between the soul and the flesh, the attempt to communicate in one day brings eternal pain, and people maintain everything in the name of...

  • Tate 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    God is silent, people are begging, and He has no answer, is it a bashing or a reflection - either way, it's a...

  • Yessenia 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    The absence of faith is the absence of love. The "Silence of God" discussed in this film is essentially the loss of love for the characters in the film, which fundamentally shakes the attachment to faith. In a way, this is a confusion shared by everyone, even the followers of God. The lighting of the composition is very impactful, and the long talk that looks directly at the camera has the power to penetrate the...

  • Alice 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    Bergman's films are not films that ordinary people can see on a daily basis. He may no longer regard film as art or work, he may have regarded film as his religion. Compared with "Still in the Mirror", there is already a sense of powerlessness for the piety of Christ. It is said that the power of religion in the trilogy is getting smaller and smaller, and the power of love is getting bigger and bigger. I look forward to...

  • Marion 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    Finally watched Bergman's film, and it was unexpected that this film would get his father's...

  • Madalyn 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    Without the faith to rely on, no matter how well-organized religious ceremonies are, they can only be reduced to...

  • Jessyca 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    I really like this chapel under Bergman's lens. A church member committed suicide after reading the news in the newspaper that it was only a matter of time before China built the atomic bomb - an interesting...

  • Joannie 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    At the 43rd minute, the pastor told the fisherman his inner doubts: Without God, life would become easier to understand, death and separation of spirit and flesh would cease, cruelty, loneliness and fear would become direct and transparent, and suffering would become unreasonable . Then the winter light shone through the window, so bright, and the pastor looked back and wondered again why God had abandoned him—a moment I wanted to take as proof that God was still there with a false shot. At the...

  • Aron 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    Interpersonal understanding is impossible, and one-way talk to God is meaningless. What is the meaning of communication? If you love people, you will get abandonment. If you love God, you will only get silence. What is the meaning of love? Where to find the light of...

  • Wilburn 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    The most moving religious movie I've seen so far. Compared with "The Virgin Spring", the emotional expression here is more real and rich. Worldly love and religious love, a woman who cannot love, a priest who cannot read God. Large sections are monologues, trivial chatter, sun, snow, and death. The bell rang, and Marta, the least devout believer, turned out to be the only one in the...

Extended Reading

Winter Light quotes

  • Tomas Ericsson, Pastor: I don't want you. Did you hear that?

    Märta Lundberg, Schoolteacher: Yes. Of course, I did.

    Tomas Ericsson, Pastor: I'm tired of your loving care. Your fussing. Your good advice. Your candlesticks and table runners. I'm fed up with your shortsightedness. Your clumsy hands. Your anxiousness. Your timid displays of affection. You force me to occupy myself with your physical condition. Your poor digestion. Your rashes. Your periods. Your frostbitten cheeks. Once and for all I have to escape this junkyard of idiotic trivialities. I'm sick and tired of it all, of everything to do with you.

    Märta Lundberg, Schoolteacher: Why didn't you tell me this before?

    Tomas Ericsson, Pastor: Because of my upbringing. I was taught to regard women as beings of a higher order. Admirable creatures, unassailable martyrs.

  • Tomas Ericsson, Pastor: I don't love you, because I love my wife. When she died, so did I. I don't care less what happens to me. Am I making myself clear? I loved her and she was everything you could never be, but insist on trying to be. The way you mimic her behavior is such an ugly parody.

    Märta Lundberg, Schoolteacher: I didn't even know her.

    Tomas Ericsson, Pastor: I'd better be going - before I spout even worse bits of senseless drivel.

    Märta Lundberg, Schoolteacher: Could it get any worse?