Sisters Maria (Liv Ullmann) and Karin (Ingrid Thulin) have returned to their family’s rural manor home to tend to their dying sibling Agnes (Harriet Andersson). Waiting for the inevitable, the sisters’ cold familiarity and lack of connection are thrown into sharp relief by the honest, abandoned love the family housemaid Anna (Kari Sylwan) lavishes upon Agnes.

Troubling memories and long-repressed feelings rise to the surface in a series of sensual and metaphorical vignettes. This magnificently unconventional chamber piece, is stunningly captured by Sven Nykvist’s Oscar-winning cinematography.

Featuring outstanding performances from Liv Ullmann, Harriet Andersson and Ingrid Thulin, this powerful exploration of the human soul has lost none of its punch. Filmed in saturated colour; its startling reds and whites as ravishing and chilling as the dramas they animate.

VISIONS OF EUROPE: From 8-21 April, QFT celebrates the breadth of vision of European cinema, and bids a fond farewell to Europa Cinemas, with a season of 21 handpicked films. Explore the full season here.

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