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A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.


“Four women dressed in white in a mansion painted red... haunted by whispers and cries.”
As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.

Liv Ullmann
Maria

Ingrid Thulin
Karin

Kari Sylwan
Anna

Harriet Andersson
Agnes

Erland Josephson
David

Georg Årlin
Fredrik

Anders Ek
Isak

Henning Moritzen
Joakim

Ingmar Bergman
Narrator (voice)
Ingrid Sandell
Girl at a Family Gathering (uncredited)
Cries and Whispers is a drama film released in 1972 exploring themes of dying and death, sibling relationship, sweden, sister, cancer, mansion. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, it stars Liv Ullmann, Ingrid Thulin, Kari Sylwan. As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.
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