Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
Sisters Anna and Ester are traveling with Anna’s son when they are forced by Ester’s poor health to stay in a hotel in a strange country seemingly on the verge of war. Anna shuns the attentions of Ester and goes out to pick up a man. Ester is left to cope with the pain of her desire and her illness.
Sisters Anna and Ester are traveling with Anna’s son when they are forced by Ester’s poor health to stay in a hotel in a strange country seemingly on the verge of war. Anna shuns the attentions of Ester and goes out to pick up a man. Ester is left to cope with the pain of her desire and her illness.
Part of Ingmar Bergman’s “Faith” trilogy, this austere drama continues a thematic exploration that began with Through a Glass Darkly and further develops its metaphysical material. A tense triangle of characters, juxtaposing two psychologically spiraling sisters, and a shared, suffocating silence.