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Shame

1968 · 1h 43m · R Drama, War
Directed by Ingmar Bergman

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Overview

In the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.

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73%
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Fresh

Ingmar Bergman stretches a classic Bergman couple on the tightening rack of war.

Richard Brody, New Yorker
Rotten

Despite its evident sincerity, the film seems less like an indictment of intellectual and artistic irresponsibility than a quiet mea culpa.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh

It ends with one of the cinema's most awesomely apocalyptic visions: not the cheeriest of films, but a masterpiece.

Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh

It is at Bergman's wits' end.

Renata Adler, New York Times

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