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

Winter Light Trailers

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

The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. She is unable to return the key on time, but it is revealed that the Beast is the genuinely handsome one. A simple tale of tragic love that turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.

7.6

Boyz n the Hood

Jul 12, 1991

In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...

7.9

On the Waterfront

Jun 22, 1954

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.

8.1

Paris, Texas

Jul 16, 1984

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

6.9

The Tin Drum

May 2, 1979

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

7.4

The Marriage of Maria Braun

Mar 23, 1979

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.

7.9

La Jetée

Feb 16, 1962

A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.

7.1

Nanook of the North

Jun 11, 1922

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.

7.3

Dead Man Walking

Dec 29, 1995

A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.

7.2

Short Cuts

Oct 1, 1993

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.

8.1

All About Eve

Nov 9, 1950

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

7.6

The Last Emperor

Oct 4, 1987

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

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.

7.4

The Big Blue

May 10, 1988

Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy; to the bewilderment of scientists, Jacques harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing pattern in the water, so that his vital signs more closely resemble that of dolphins than men. As Enzo persuades a reluctant Jacques to compete against him in a free diving contest -- determining who can dive deeper and longer without scuba gear -- Jacques meets Johana, a beautiful insurance investigator from America, and he finds that he must choose between his love for her and his love of the sea.

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.

7.7

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Mar 5, 1974

Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.

0.0

The Gifts of My Cousin Maria

Jan 1, 1969

Following the death of his female cousin Marija, Moma sets out to her house where only her aunt lives. The old woman remembers Marija's awkward temper that left her unmarried and even led to a suicide of one of her courters. Based on a novel written by Momčilo Nastasijević.

6.7

The Crime of Padre Amaro

Oct 1, 2002

Sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito, young Father Amaro faces a moral challenge when he meets a 16-year-old girl who he starts an affair with. Likewise, the girl's mother had been having an affair with Father Benito. Father Amaro must choose between a holy or sinful life.

8.0

Rashomon

Aug 26, 1950

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

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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All About Eve

The Last Emperor

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

The Big Blue

The Wages of Fear

Hotel Rwanda

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

The Gifts of My Cousin Maria

The Crime of Padre Amaro

Rashomon

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

Beauty and the Beast

Boyz n the Hood

On the Waterfront

Paris, Texas

The Tin Drum

The Marriage of Maria Braun

La Jetée

Nanook of the North

Dead Man Walking

Short Cuts

All About Eve

The Last Emperor

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

The Big Blue

The Wages of Fear

Hotel Rwanda

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

The Gifts of My Cousin Maria

The Crime of Padre Amaro

Rashomon

Winter Light Trailers