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Kaylie 2022-03-24 09:03:02

Karen (Harriet Andersson), who inherits her mother's mental illness, is hospitalized and is arranged by writer father David (Gunnar Björnstrand) to recuperate on an island. Karen's boyfriend Martin (Max von Sydow) is a doctor. The relationship between the two is at a low point at this time. Martin believes that Karen has the possibility of recovery. His teenage brother, Peter, was talented, but seemed restless. The four are resting on the closed island, but the unease in their hearts seems to be slowly growing. Karen finds her father's emotions briefly out of control after watching his condition indifferently. The next morning, Martin and David left in a small boat. Karen, who was left behind, began to indulge in meditation and showed aggression to Peter. Before the two returned to the island, Karen passed out in the dilapidated wooden boat. She declared to her brother , I heard the voice of God... This
film is the first part of Bergman's "Silence of God" trilogy, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1962.

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Through a Glass Darkly quotes

  • David: Virility means more than health.

    Martin: If Hemingway could, we can. Let's go!

  • [Fredrik rejects Karin's attempt to console him]

    Fredrik: Thanks, I can give myself all the pity I want.