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Winter Light

Drama

1963, Movie, 1h 20min

“God, why hast thou forsaken me?” With WINTER LIGHT, Ingmar Bergman explores the search for redemption in a meaningless existence. Small-town pastor Tomas Ericsson (Gunnar Björnstrand) performs his duties mechanically before a dwindling congregation, including his stubbornly devoted lover, Märta (Ingrid Thulin). When he is asked to assuage a troubled parishioner’s (Max von Sydow) debilitating fear of nuclear annihilation, Tomas is terrified to find that he can provide nothing but his own doubt. The beautifully photographed WINTER LIGHT is an unsettling look at the human craving for personal validation in a world seemingly abandoned by God.

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Reviews

Kasper Løvborg

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Second in Bergman's Trilogy of Faith. And just like 'Through a Glass Darkly' it's also one of his very best. Intellectually stimulating and, as usual, impeccably acted and shot.

4 years ago

Critic Nl

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An uncompromising picture of spiritual crisis, it commands respect for its boldness...

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Critic Roger Ebert

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I was awestruck by its bleak, courageous power.

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Critic Peter Christian Rude

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Med sin udprægede pokerfjæs-teknik sætter Kaurismäki gang i publikums forestillingsevne og invitere os til at investere noget af os selv i Khaleds historie.

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Michael Thomsen

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Dyster Bergman-klassiker om tro og tvivl. Se evt. også Paul Schrader's "First Reformed", som nærmest er en moderne remake opdateret til klima-krisen.

3 years ago

Critic Rasmus Stenbæk Iversen

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Lys i mørket' er nok bittersød i sin udstilling af menneskets indskrænkede ignorance, men det er grundlæggende troen på det gode i mennesket, der gennemvæder den finske eners fremragende film

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Winter Light (1963) is a powerful and thought-provoking film that explores themes of faith, doubt, love, death, loneliness human . . . It is Ingmar Bergman's most personal work. In this physiologically charged drama, Tomas Ericsson (Gunnar Björnstrand), pastor . . . of a charming rural church, has lost his faith in God and his ability to love. Emotionally distant, he performs his duties with increasing desolation. When a suicidal fisherman (Max von Sydow) seeks comfort, Tomas can only offer empty words. His rejection of love from the school teacher (Ingrid Thulin) and inability to help the fisherman drive Tomas further into despair. This is contrasted with a man's (Allan Edwall) monologue about God's silence, which emphasizes Tomas' emotional isolation. Shot in stark black and white, the film's imagery is as haunting as its ideas.

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Winter Light is currently unavailable to stream in undefined on the streaming services we have in our catalogue