Recently released from a mental hospital, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family in their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by G... Read allRecently released from a mental hospital, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family in their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.Recently released from a mental hospital, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family in their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.
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- TriviaThe first Ingmar Bergman film to be made on the island of Fårö. Bergman would later buy a home on the island.
- GoofsAs Minus paints the chair, the amount of paint on the chair changes between shots.
- Quotes
Fredrik: Father, I'm scared. When I was hugging Karin in the boat, reality was revealed. Do you know what I mean?
David: I do.
Fredrik: Reality was revealed, and I collapsed. It's like a dream. Anything can happen. Anything.
David: I know.
Fredrik: I can't live in this new world.
David: Yes, you can. But you must have a support.
Fredrik: What kind of support? You mean a God? Give me a proof of his existance. You can't.
David: I can. But you gotta pay attention to what I say.
Fredrik: Yes. I need to listen.
David: I can only tell you a thought of my own hopes. It is to know that love exists for real in the human world.
Fredrik: A sort of special love, I suppose?
David: All kinds of it. The bigger and the smaller, the most absurd one and the most sublime one. All kinds of love.
Fredrik: What about the desire for love?
David: Desire and denying. Trust and distrust.
Fredrik: Then love is the proof?
David: I don't know if love is the proof of God's existance or if it's God itself.
Fredrik: To you, love and God are the same thing.
David: That thought makes me feel less empty; Makes my desperation less worse.
Fredrik: Go on, dad.
David: All of a sudden, emptiness turns into abundance, and desperation turns into life. It's like a temporary death's sentence strike.
Fredrik: Dad... if it's like how you say it is, then God is all over Karin. We love her so much.
David: Yes.
Fredrik: Can't that help her?
David: I think so.
- Crazy creditsThere are no end credits. After Minus (Lars Passgård) says the final line, the film fades to black and ends. The entire cast and crew were credited at the start, and there isn't even a "Fin" or "Ende".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
- SoundtracksSarabande from Suite No. 2 in D minor for Violoncello
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Blondal Bengston.
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- Gross worldwide
- $8,939
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1