Cries and Whispers (1972) |
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Other InformationPlot SummaryIn turn-of-the-century Sweden, cancer-stricken, dying Agnes is visited in her isolated rural mansion by her sisters Karin and Maria. As Agnes` condition deteriorates and pain management becomes increasingly more difficult, fear and revulsion grip the... (www.imdb.com/title/tt0069467/plotsummary) |
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Cries and Whispers (1972) was nominated for the following awards:
Academy Awards
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Oscar
1974
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced
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Cannes Film FestivalDavid di Donatello AwardsItalian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
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1974 National Society of Film Critics Awards, USAKansas City Film Critics Circle AwardsNational Board of Review, USAJussi AwardsBodil AwardsNew York Film Critics Circle Awards |
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Trivia and QuotesTrivia For his work on this film, Sven Nykvist won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and the film was also nominated for Best Costume Design, Best Director, and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced. Unlike most of Bergman`s films, Cries and Whispers uses saturated colour, especially crimson. Unusually for a foreign language film, it was also nominated for Best Picture, not for Best Foreign Language Film. Ingmar Bergman explained the use of the color red his film: "`Cries and Whispers` is an exploration of the soul, and ever since childhood, I have imagined the soul to be a damp membrane in varying shades of red." Bergman, who produced the film with his own money, could not find an American distributor as they felt it was too uncommercial. Roger Corman, who had just left American-International Pictures to set up his own New World releasing company, was in the market for a prestige picture to give his new operation some class. The mansion where the film was shot, Taxinge-Nasby, had not been inhabited for years, and the repainting of the walls with glossy red paint, and the half run-down condition of the place, meant that it had to be extensively renovated by the new caretakers. | ||
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