Brink of Life
1957, Drama, 1h 23m
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Stina Andersson
Cecilia Ellius
Hjördis Petterson
Nurse Brita
Anders Ellius
Anders Ellius
Critic Reviews for Brink of Life
All Critics (4) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (3)
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The simplest version of what would become the dominant Bergman style over the next several years: watch a human face and see what you find there.
September 20, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
An unhappy combination of sentimentality in the plot and dialogue and coldness in the direction.
July 23, 2019 | Full Review… -
Set in a Stockholm maternity ward and covers the mental and physical pains of three expecting mothers.
June 16, 2008 | Rating: C+ | Full Review… -
The film has a rather surprising documentary look to it and is expertly acted, but ultimately chokes during its own confinement.
August 29, 2006 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
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Dec 13, 2009From a cinematic standpoint, that is camera movement and lights this movie is ordinary. The screenplay was not written by Bergman and it is an adaptation after Ulla Isakson written by the same author. And yet Bergman makes this movie a magnificent analysis of the act of giving birth, I think unequaled in cinema. The action takes place in a constricted place, only indoors, so there are no long shots. However we don't feel we are missing anything, Bergamn was a master of the close-up and we get plenty of suffering caught brilliantly on film. I still have no idea how these wonderful actresses were motivated into playing at such a level of intensity. The actresses each represents a perspective on maternity. Ingrid Thulin understands that her miscarriage was the most intense and life-affirming experience she ever had and will have in all her life. She understands that her husband cannot acknowledge what she went through so she settles on a divorce. However by the end of the movie she regains hope and may give her husband another chance. Bibi Andersson plays a wonderful role as a character that fits her very well, the naive girl rich in emotions but with a very poor experience of life. She wants to get rid of her baby but by the end of the movie she is rejoined with her mother who accepts her pregnancy and we can only acknowledge what a great mother she will be. By the way Bibi herself already had an abortion in real life when she was very young, and this shows. The way she plays her part feels like it involves more than mere acting. I have seen Eva Dahlbeck in only;y two other Bergman movies, Lesson in Love and Smiles of a Summer Night, both comedies where she played the temptress in a light manner. Her role in Nara Livet is up to a point also light, she represents the optimistic view of maternity. Only how sad it is that it is her birth that is thwarted by mere hazard. However we feel that she has enough will and support from her husband (played by von Sydow in a brief role) to pull through. Overall, this may be one of Bergman's most optimistic dramas. At the end we feel that things are in order, that every character has learned something essential and that life even if it may be a dangerous business has to be looked at optimistically even if we have no idea that should be soCassandra M Super Reviewer
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