Winter Light

Feb 11, 1963

1h 20m

★ 7.9

Overview

A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

SF Studios

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Cast

Märta Lundberg

Ingrid Thulin

Tomas Ericsson

Gunnar Björnstrand

Karin Persson

Gunnel Lindblom

Jonas Persson

Max von Sydow

Algot Frövik

Allan Edwall

Knut Aronsson

Kolbjörn Knudsen

Fredrik Blom

Olof Thunberg

Magdalena Ledfors

Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad

Johan Åkerblom (uncredited)

Tor Borong

Hanna Appelblad (uncredited)

Bertha Sånnell

Doris Appelblad (uncredited)

Helena Palmgren

Johan Strand (uncredited)

Eddie Axberg

Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.

7.8

Anatomy of a Murder

Jul 1, 1959

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.

7.6

All About My Mother

Apr 16, 1999

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

8.1

Taxi Driver

Feb 9, 1976

Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.

7.6

Three Colors: Blue

Sep 8, 1993

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

7.9

Three Colors: Red

May 12, 1994

Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.

6.4

Italian for Beginners

Dec 7, 2000

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

7.4

Bad Education

Mar 19, 2004

When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school.

7.8

Wings of Desire

Sep 23, 1987

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds — with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk — that it might be possible for him to take human form.

7.5

Breaking the Waves

Jul 5, 1996

In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.

8.0

The 400 Blows

Jun 3, 1959

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.

2.5

The Track

May 4, 1970

A successful doctor comes into conflict with his friends and family and is slowly driven towards suicide.

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0.0

Maybe We Should

Invalid Date

Determined to bring hope to their rural Pennsylvania community, a couple embark on an ambitious mission to establish a revolutionary therapy center for children with special needs.

6.0

Wind Over the City

Nov 16, 1996

In a small, poor town, a young worker falls in love with an actress from a traveling theater troupe and tries to keep her close, dreaming and working hard to rebuild a new town while the troupe increasingly faces decline and the end of its run.

6.5

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Nov 8, 2002

The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.

8.0

The Wages of Fear

Apr 22, 1953

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.

7.7

Hotel Rwanda

Dec 22, 2004

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.

Cast

Märta Lundberg

Ingrid Thulin

Tomas Ericsson

Gunnar Björnstrand

Karin Persson

Gunnel Lindblom

Jonas Persson

Max von Sydow

Algot Frövik

Allan Edwall

Knut Aronsson

Kolbjörn Knudsen

Fredrik Blom

Olof Thunberg

Magdalena Ledfors

Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad

Johan Åkerblom (uncredited)

Tor Borong

Hanna Appelblad (uncredited)

Bertha Sånnell

Doris Appelblad (uncredited)

Helena Palmgren

Johan Strand (uncredited)

Winter Light

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

Winter Light Trailers

Cast

Ingrid Thulin

Gunnar Björnstrand

Gunnel Lindblom

Max von Sydow

Allan Edwall

Kolbjörn Knudsen

Olof Thunberg

Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad

Tor Borong

Bertha Sånnell

Helena Palmgren

Eddie Axberg

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Three Colors: Red

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Wings of Desire

Breaking the Waves

The 400 Blows

The Track

Maybe We Should

Wind Over the City

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

The Wages of Fear

Hotel Rwanda

Winter Light Trailers

Cast

Ingrid Thulin

Gunnar Björnstrand

Gunnel Lindblom

Max von Sydow

Allan Edwall

Kolbjörn Knudsen

Olof Thunberg

Elsa Ebbesen-Thornblad

Tor Borong

Bertha Sånnell

Helena Palmgren

Eddie Axberg

You may also like

Amores Perros

Talk to Her

Before Sunrise

Before Sunset

Anatomy of a Murder

All About My Mother

Taxi Driver

Three Colors: Blue

Three Colors: Red

Italian for Beginners

Bad Education

Wings of Desire

Breaking the Waves

The 400 Blows

The Track

Maybe We Should

Wind Over the City

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

The Wages of Fear

Hotel Rwanda