Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other while in a maternity ward together, where they face the choice of keeping their babies or offering them for adoption.
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| Eva Dahlbeck | ... | Stina Andersson | |
| Ingrid Thulin | ... | Cecilia Ellius | |
| Bibi Andersson | ... | Hjördis Petterson | |
| Barbro Hiort af Ornäs | ... | Nurse Brita | |
| Erland Josephson | ... | Anders Ellius | |
| Max von Sydow | ... | Harry Andersson | |
| Gunnar Sjöberg | ... | Dr. Nordlander | |
| Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz | ... | Counsellor Gran | |
| Inga Landgré | ... | Greta Ellius | |
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Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other while in a maternity ward together, where they face the choice of keeping their babies or offering them for adoption.
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'Brink of Life' (aka. 'So Close to Life') is a gripping, fairly early minor work from quite possibly the most consistently rewarding film maker of emotional drama that ever lived.
Three women from very different worlds find themselves in the same maternity ward, confronting different dilemmas in the face of the human race's oldest routine.
While Bergman's films are almost always bleak portrayals of suffering and confrontation, his films also remind us that suffering can be as fleeting as happiness; despair can be replaced by strength, just as certified happiness can face unexpected disaster. There is a comfort in his sadness, a powerful reminder of existence, even when it hurts.
Bergman favourites are featured: the always incredible Ingrid Thulin shines, as does Bibi Andersson in the role of a confused and insecure young unmarried mother-to-be. Eva Dahlbeck perhaps steals the show with her portrayal of trauma.