The Oude Kerk Community and Residents' Organisation Wallenbuurt are jointly organising the screening of Ingmar Bergman's silence trilogy. This film series focuses on the work of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007).
The three films shown are part of what later became known as Bergman's silence trilogy. In these films, Bergman explores the experience of God's absence, the fragility of human relationships and the limits of language and faith. Each evening begins with an introduction, followed by the film screening. Location: OKP 30 Address: Oudekerksplein 30A
Commencement: 7.30pm
Walk-in from 19:00
Thursday 12 February ‘As in a dark mirror’ (1961) Introduction: Frank van de Veire A family spends the summer on a remote island. The film follows their attempts at closeness, while psychological dislocation and questions of faith play in the background. Bergman connects personal vulnerability with religious symbolism and shows how longing for God and for the other become intertwined.
Thursday 12 March ‘Evening Meal Guests’ (1963) Introduction: Domeniek Hoens A pastor struggles with doubts of faith and existential emptiness. Against the backdrop of a simple rural community, a sober portrait of silence, responsibility and human loneliness unfolds. The film questions what faith means when the experience of God's presence is missing. D
Thursday 9 April ‘The Great Silence’ (1963) Introduction: Tiers Bakker Two sisters stay with a child in a foreign country whose language they do not understand. Communication falters, physicality comes to the fore. In this most radical film of the trilogy, Bergman explores alienation, longing and the impossibility of meaningful language.
Please register in good time at: info@wallenbuurt.amsterdam
Maximum capacity is 20 people.
NOTES. There will also be series of six discussion evenings.
