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Breaking the Swedish Sex Barrier : Painful Lustfulness in Ingmar Bergman's The Silence

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Author

Summary, in English

Study of the reception of Ingmar Bergman's film The Silence, famous for its sexual explicitness. The film triggered some debate in Sweden but was passed by the Board of Censorship, mostly because of Bergman's international fame.

Department/s

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

17-26

Publication/Series

Film International

Volume

6

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Intellect Ltd.

Topic

  • Arts

Keywords

  • The Silence
  • Ingmar Bergman
  • film censorship
  • breaking the sex barrier
  • Press reception
  • explicit sex

Status

Published

Project

  • (Movies and Welfare Institutions in Sweden)

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1651-6826