After having neglected her children for many years, world famous pianist Charlotte visits her daughter Eva in her home, where to her surprise she finds her other daughter, mentally impaired Helena, whom Eva has taken out of the institution where their mother had placed her. The relationship is strained, but the encounter is crucial for the future of both women, and one night a conversation releases all the things they have wanted to tell each other. Classic late Bergman. Slow-burning - get those find out more...

Elizabeth is a highly renowned actress who has lost her ability to speak, Alma is the nurse responsible for helping her through her psychological, rather than physica,l ailment. As the relationship between the two women develops Alma seamlessly becomes Elizabeth's voice, the start of a metamorphosis that sees the very essence of who they both are beginning to blend. Bergman's remarkable voyage of the psyche is deemed one of his very best, visually stunning and hypnotically intense. find out more...

"Josephine Decker has created a new style of thriller that employs allegory, incorporates touches of David Lynch as well as Magritte -esque imagery. Decker's setting of a remote farm feels like a metaphor for what turns out to be hell. The raw and emotional (and yes, sometimes funny) dialog tells a story that can seem familiar at points but really is meant to keep you guessing and off balance. I really enjoyed how the undertones of this film came to life through her very deft contrast of the find out more...