Brink of Life (Nära livet) (1958)

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7.5	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Ingmar Bergman

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Eva Dahlbeck
Stina Andersson

Ingrid Thulin
Cecilia Ellius

Bibi Andersson
Hjördis Petterson

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Nurse Brita

Erland Josephson
Anders Ellius

Max von Sydow
Harry Andersson

Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz
Counsellor Gran

Inga Landgré
Greta Ellius

Written by

Ingmar Bergman
uncredited

Ulla Isaksson
novels Det vänliga, värdiga and Det orubbliga

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Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other while in a maternity ward together, where they face the choice of keeping their babies or offering them for adoption.

Release date: 31 March 1958

Tags: Drama (2), 1958 (2), Foreign Language (1), Bw (1), 1950s (1), Sweden (1), Overrated (1), Not One Of His Best (1), Amazon Prime (1), Streaming (1)

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"December 23rd Directed by: Ingmar Bergman I love when a director known for period pieces and sometimes supernatural elements makes a stripped down, modern day film where nothing fantastical happens; and in fact, this film is the polar opposite of a fantasy. Brink of Life opens with an event (focusing solely on Bibi Andersson) that could be the climax of another film, and Bergman uses that intensity and sort of finality to shift the focus to the other introduced characters for a while. Bibi And"

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"Piccolo e incantevole film ingiustamente sottovalutato (anche dal regista): uno studio tutto al femminile sul mistero della nascita. Il molto dolore - fisico (che portò la censura italiana a sforbiciare la già breve durata) e spirituale - trova sbocco in un finale di speranza che in Bergman non si trova spesso. Tipico del regista svedese è invece l'affidarsi alle donne: i personaggi maschili sono ectoplasmatici e si vedono per pochi minuti, mentre le quattro protagoniste (le tre partorienti e"