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Waiting Women

1952 · 104 min

A thoughtful, intimate chamber piece where women's confessions unfold with wit and emotional candor, revealing the bittersweet textures of marriage.

Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Anita Björk, Eva Dahlbeck, Maj-Britt Nilsson
Tagline
The love affairs of three women - marital... premarital... and one marvelous surprise!
Overview
The four wives of four brothers share stories of their marriages as they wait for their husbands in a small, secluded cottage.

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Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Anita Björk, Eva Dahlbeck, Maj-Britt Nilsson
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • family
  • gender
  • identity
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Written by
Ingmar Bergman
Starring
Anita Björk, Eva Dahlbeck, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Gunnar Björnstrand, Karl-Arne Holmsten, Aino Taube, Håkan Westergren
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
104 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
French, Swedish

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