The Silence (1963)

"BERGMAN at his most POWERFUL! SHOCKING! BOLD!"

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1h 35m

Drama Romance

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Fandango At Home

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.