Hour of the Wolf

Name: Hour of the Wolf
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Released: 1968

Ingmar Bergman

mental breakdown repressed desire artistic crisis marital strain isolation and solitude

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Synopsis

While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

Cinema Atlas Connection

It’s a ghost story but it’s more about the living than the dead. For me, the influences are The Innocents, The Haunting, The Uninvited, The Turn of the Screw, Hour of the Wolf, The Spirit of the Beehive.

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This Film Influenced

→ Hereditary (2018)