Cries and Whispers (1972)

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In 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)
 

Awards

Cries and Whispers (1972) was nominated for the following awards:

Academy Awards

1.
Oscar
1974
Best Director
Nominated  
2.
Oscar
1974
Best Picture
Nominated  
3.
Oscar
1974
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced
Nominated  

Cannes Film Festival

4.
Technical Grand Prize
1973
Won  

David di Donatello Awards

5.
David
1974
Best Director - Foreign Film (Migliore Regista Straniero)
Won  

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

6.
Silver Ribbon
1974
Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Won  

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

7.
NSFC Award
1973
Best Screenplay
Won  

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

8.
KCFCC Award
1974
Best Director
Won  

National Board of Review, USA

9.
NBR Award
1973
Best Director
Won  

Jussi Awards

10.
Jussi
1975
Best Foreign Director
Won  

Bodil Awards

11.
Bodil
1974
Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film)
Won  

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

12.
NYFCC Award
1973
Best Director
Won  
13.
NYFCC Award
1973
Best Screenplay
Won  
 

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    Also Known As
  • Cries and Whispers
  • Genre Drama
    Date Released 21 December 1972
    ProductionPumpkin Patch Pictures
    DistributionImage Entertainment
    Related Links 1972 Movies
    December 1972 Movies
    1972 Drama Movies

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  • 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.
    (wikipedia.com)
  • Unlike most of Bergman`s films, Cries and Whispers uses saturated colour, especially crimson.
    (wikipedia.com)
  • Unusually for a foreign language film, it was also nominated for Best Picture, not for Best Foreign Language Film.
    (wikipedia.com)
  • 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."
    (imdb.com)
  • 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.
    (imdb.com)
  • 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.
    (imdb.com)
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