Abstract:

In Ingmar Bergman' s film Cries and Whispers, body and body touch come out in an unprecedented way, and body displays its significance inside the time. It is by this way that body becomes a place where human beings entangle each other, and a bridge where human beings and God communicate, sending out unrestrained cries and whispers. As a result, the mysterious relation between Maria and Karin is interpreted: Maria' s beautiful body in the ancient and red background shows its significance inside the time; the present bodies of Anna and Agnes are a mixture of past and future, accomplishing the mission of communication between human beings and God. It is in this sense that we may say that Ingmar Bergman' s film Cries and Whispers becomes a worldly version of the Holy Bible, interpreting body' s deiform cries and whispers.

Key words: Ingmar Bergman; Cries and Whispers; body; communication between human beings and God