#Bales2023FilmChallenge April 10: Siblings on #NationalSiblingsDay

#Sisters Ester and Anna arrive with Anna's son Johan in the small Central European town of Timoka. The country verges on the brink of war. Ester is sick and confined to her hotel room. Anna roams Timoka's establishments, Johan wanders the hotel corridors.

It's hard to watch #Bergman's Tystnaden [The #Silence] (1963) without Kubrick's ghosts sidling in. #Tystnaden however doesn't need consternation to cause dread. The interaction and lack thereof between the three leads and the few extras translate into something merely tangible and evermore frightful.

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