Cries and Whispers

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Cries and Whispers
Image:Viskningaro.jpg original movie poster
Directed by	Ingmar Bergman
Produced by	Lars-Owe Carlberg
Written by	Ingmar Bergman
Starring	Harriet Andersson Kari Sylwan Ingrid Thulin Liv Ullmann Erland Josephson
Release date(s)	December 21, 1972 Image:Flag of Sweden.svg March 5, 1973
Running time	106 min
Language	Swedish
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Cries and Whispers (Swedish: Viskningar och rop) is a 1973 Swedish film about two sisters who watch over their third sister on her deathbed, both afraid she might die, but both hoping she does. The film was written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and stars Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin and Liv Ullmann.

Unlike most of Bergman's films, Cries and Whispers uses saturated colour, in particular crimson red.

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. Unusually for a foreign language film, it was also nominated for Best Picture, not for Best Foreign Language Film.

Impact

Named after the film, 1980's dance music pioneers New Order named a song after the film, on their Everything's Gone Green EP.

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