Winter Light (1963)
- Original title
- Nattvardsgästerna
- Directed by
- Ingmar Bergman
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Sweden
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 506 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A rural Swedish pastor struggles with a crisis of faith after his wife's death. As he gives a sparse service, a parishioner confesses his fear of nuclear war, while a schoolteacher tries to connect with the pastor emotionally.
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What happens
Winter Light (Swedish: Nattvardsgästerna, lit. 'The Communicants') is a 1963 Swedish tragedy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring his regulars, Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow. It follows Tomas Ericsson (Björnstrand), pastor of a small rural Swedish church, as he deals with an existential crisis and his Christianity. The film is the second in a series of thematically related films, following Through a Glass Darkly (1961) and followed by The Silence (1963); this is sometimes considered a trilogy. In it, Bergman reconsiders Through a Glass Darkly's argument that God is love, and repeated the prior film's reference to God as a monstrous spider. Bergman formed the story after speaking to a clergyman whose parishioner committed suicide. The film was shot in different locations in Sweden in 1962. Vilgot Sjöman's film Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie was made simultaneously with Winter Light and documents its production. The feature received positive reviews for its cinematography and themes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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