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1960s, 1960s film, art film, black and white, film, film review, films, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Gunnel Lindblom, Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Thulin, Max von Sydow, movie, movie review, movies, Sweden, Swedish film
1962
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
The middle film in Ingmar Bergman’s “Faith Trilogy” is not only the best of the three, but also one of Bergman’s most satisfying overall. The small, short chamber film grapples with complex questions of faith, not just in God, but in other people, in love, and in life. The dark void of death haunts this film, not as the opposite of life, but one of its key components, and Bergman’s characters stare into it with terror.