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Ingmar Bergman stretches a classic Bergman couple on the tightening rack of war.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
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In the midst of a civil war, a pair of former violinists in a tempestuous marriage oversee a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.
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Despite its evident sincerity, the film seems less like an indictment of intellectual and artistic irresponsibility than a quiet mea culpa.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
It ends with one of the cinema's most awesomely apocalyptic visions: not the cheeriest of films, but a masterpiece.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
It is at Bergman's wits' end.
Renata Adler, New York Times
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