Winter light

Rubie 2022-01-12 08:01:36

"The Lord never speaks because he doesn't exist, it's that simple."

This is almost a church movie. From the beginning to the end, most of the scenes are in the church. The characters are the pastor and a few believers. An unbeautiful woman who loved the pastor but did not get his love or even treated her with kindness. He claimed that she only loved her deceased wife. A thin and tall man was panicked just because he read from the newspaper that China made the atomic bomb. He had listened to his wife’s persuasion and wanted to go to the pastor for some comfort, but he did not expect to see the pastor speak incoherently better than himself. Still confused, he left his wife and four sons to commit suicide in complete despair. The pastor finally felt relieved when he cried and said, "Why the Lord abandoned me". Others said that Christ was puzzled before he died, shouting "Why the Lord abandoned me?" Others suspected that when he was nailed to the cross, the pain in his heart was more than the pain in his body. It is true that the pain in his heart is the most difficult to bear.

At the end of the movie, the pastor insisted on preaching in the deserted church. The person playing the organ is a rare funny part in the film.

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Extended Reading
  • Quinn 2022-03-21 09:02:47

    Rewatch; close-up shot at around 43 minutes, the winter light that leaked in after the belief was shattered became exceptionally bright, with the winter rain and layers of white snow, which contrasted the cold mood and the indifference of God. Lord, why did you abandon me? This unsolved problem is the reason why I have always stayed away from religion.

  • Joesph 2022-03-20 09:02:24

    God is silent. He does not show the way for those who believe in him. He always compensates through miracles after things happen. If we believe in the existence of God, faith is a painful thing. The suicide of fishermen represents the paleness of hope, and faith is a heavy burden. Bergman destroyed the concept that God represents security and God is love. Such an image of God is merely a psychological projection of human beings and should be revolutionized and betrayed.

Winter Light quotes

  • Tomas Ericsson, Pastor: I was a seaman's pastor in Lisbon, during the Spanish Civil War. I refused to accept reality. My God and I resided in an organized world where everything made sense. You see, I'm no good as a clergyman. I put my faith in an improbable and private image of a fatherly god. One who loved mankind, of course, but me most of all. Do you see, Jonas, what a monstrous mistake I made?

  • Tomas Ericsson, Pastor: An ignorant, spoiled and anxious wretch makes a rotten clergyman.