Brink of Life

1958 · 84 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 3,519 VOTES · DIR. Ingmar Bergman

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Overview

Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other.

Dialogue Timeline — 780 lines

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00:00:12 BRINK OF LIFE
00:05:48 Nurse! Nurse...
00:09:40 Its mother was not strong enough to love it on her own.
00:12:20 You act differently in here.
00:16:01 I won't have another one.
00:18:42 When did you realise that it was a mistake, if I may ask?
00:21:06 I will be happy if I know that you are happy.
00:24:07 No, I never had anything like that.
00:28:47 Maybe you're not happy about it. Maybe you would have preferred...
00:31:16 There are women who can never have children, because...
00:33:45 I can't. I can't.
00:36:22 - who is his mother's pride and joy.
00:39:51 - Now it's your turn. - I don't get any visitors.
00:43:05 Are you here to see Hjördis?
00:45:51 No, not hair powder, you silly.
00:50:49 Tonight.
00:54:10 Now I've been bragging so much about it being a boy.
00:58:27 Everything just keeps growing and growing.
01:00:44 He has done it once before.
01:03:17 It's a strong baby you've got-
01:07:30 Oh, you're starving, little one. There we go.
01:12:54 However cruel that may sound.
01:16:16 I've been ill, mother. I've been in hospital-
01:18:54 Loneliness is our only option.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed780
Dialogue density9.3 lines / min
First line00:00:12
Final line01:18:54

Production Record

DirectorIngmar Bergman
LanguageSwedish
IMDb votes3,519