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Persona
Why this pick
Bergman again turns sparse spaces, fraught silence and shifting intimacy into an unnervingly concentrated study of two women whose identities seem to press against each other.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1963 1h 35m SWE
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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The Silence
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Two emotionally estranged sisters, Ester and Anna, and Anna's son, Johan, a boy of 10, are on a night train journey back home. Ester, the older sister and a literary translator, is seriously ill. Anna coldly assists her, seemingly resenting the burden. They decide to interrupt the journey in the next town called "Timoka", located in a Central European country on the brink of war. Although Ester is a professional translator, neither she nor her relatives speak the language of this country.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Birger Malmsten
The Bartender
Gunnel Lindblom
Anna