Nara livet bergman
Cecilia Ellius is admitted to a hospital after she has begun badly bleeding during her third month of pregnancy. She tearfully tells hospital staff she had wanted the child but Anders did not, and that she knew the child would not be born with only one loving parent. Categories : films drama films s pregnancy films s Swedish-language films Swedish drama films Swedish black-and-white films Films directed by Ingmar Bergman Films set in hospitals Swedish pregnancy films s Swedish films.
Hospital staff tell her unmarried young mothers in Sweden no longer face the social stigma they once did, and Hjördis can find a house and daycare, but she still has doubts. Her contractions during labour become increasingly violent and excruciating. She is sedated and suffers a stillbirth. With Eva Dahlbeck, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs. Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other, where they face the choice of keeping their babies or offering them for adoption.
Ingmar Bergman. Anders returns to the hospital, and Cecilia initiates a separation, saying she realized Anders did not truly love her as they arrived at the hospital. She's convinced she will have a boy and intends to name him after her loving husband Harry, who visits her. In order for the film to be screened publicly, the Committee imposed the removal of the scene in which Stina is in pain due to labour.
Another patient, Hjördis, was admitted after she began bleeding during pregnancy. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Use dmy dates from June Template film date with 1 release date Articles containing Swedish-language text Pages using Lang-xx templates. Tools Tools. Cecilia undergoes treatment; when she awakes, she realizes she has had a miscarriage.
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Article Talk. References [ edit ]. Wikidata item. In other projects. Nordlander tells her she and the fetus were healthy, but it wasn't meant to be. Contents move to sidebar hide. Bergman won the Best Director Award and Andersson, Dahlbeck, Ornäs and Thulin won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She tried to abort, but did not succeed. A third patient, Stina Andersson, is overdue in her pregnancy and is very excited to have her child.
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Cast [ edit ]. She gets castor oil and a glass of beer to speed delivery. She is deeply traumatized and can barely speak. Encouraged by Nurse Brita she calls her mother, who tells her to come home. External links [ edit ]. Release date.
Brink of Life
Brink of Life: Directed by Ingmar Bergman. Retrieved 18 September Retrieved 13 February Rotten Tomatoes. Read Edit View history. Brink of Life, (Swedish: Nära livet, and known as So Close to Life in the UK) [1] is a Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman. The reason for the age restriction and removal of the scene cited in the official documents, is that the film was not suitable to the sexual morals of a minor in the Italian society, and the scene was considered to be shocking.
Filmography Bibliography Stage productions Accolades. She is accompanied by her husband, Anders. Reception [ edit ]. [2] Plot. Download as PDF Printable version. Censorship [ edit ]. Brink of Life received generally mixed reviews from critics. She's not married or engaged, doesn't want to have the child, and didn't tell her strict mother about it. Swedish poster. Before treatment, Cecilia asks Anders if he truly wants the child; Anders replies it is too late to have the discussion.