• dir: INGMAR BERGMAN
• year: 1961
• country: Sweden
• run-time: 91 min
• rating: 12A
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Together with her husband, Karin retreats to her family's summer home in an attempt to recover from a recent stay in a mental institution. Despite the support of her family she continues to be plagued by disturbing visions, culminating in a terrifying encounter with God. The first work in Bergman's faith trilogy, this dark psychological drama, structured as a three-act play, won the 1962 Academy Award for best foreign-language film.
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
"Through a Glass Darkly" would be followed by "Winter Light," about a minister who despairs of God's silence, and by "The Silence," about two sisters and the child of one, stranded in a strange town and haunted by old hatreds and wounds. In all of these films, we're struck by Bergman's deep concern that humans see the world as through a glass, darkly, and are unable to perceive its meaning. - Roger Ebert