CRIES AND WHISPERS

Ingmar Bergman’s painterly color film is an unforgettable dream play about a woman dying of cancer and the two sisters and servant who care for her. This is another Bergmanesque tale of suffering, confinement, and isolation, but with a heightened intensity and explicit (rather than implicit) sado-eroticism. With Harriet Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, and Erland Josephson. Cinematography by Sven Nykvist. Adults only! Cleveland revival premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 91 min.