The Silence (7.5)

Movie · 1963 · 1 h 36 min · Drama, Romance

Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their stay. Anna provokes her sister by enjoying a dalliance with a local man, while the boy, left to himself, has a series of enigmatic encounters that heighten the growing air of isolation.

Directed by: Ingmar Bergman

Starring Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Birger Malmsten, Håkan Jahnberg, Jörgen Lindström, Kotti Chave, Lissi Alandh, Leif Forstenberg, Eskil Kalling, Karl-Arne Bergman

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