Karen (Harriet Andersson), who inherits her mother's mental illness, is hospitalized and arranged by writer father David (Gunnar Bj ö rnstrand) to recuperate on a small island. Karen boyfriend Martin (Max von Sydow) is a doctor, their relationship is at a low ebb at this time, Martin believes that Karen has the possibility of recovery. His teenage brother Minas is very talented, but he looks a little anxious. The four were resting on a closed island, but their uneasiness seemed to be growing. Karen found her father temporarily out of control after coldly observing the changes in her illness. When Martin and David left in a canoe the next morning, Karen, who was left behind, began to indulge in meditation and showed aggressiveness towards Minas. Karen fainted in a dilapidated wooden boat before they returned to the island. Karen claimed to her brother that she had heard the voice of God. This film, the first of Bergman's Silence of God trilogy, won an Oscar for best foreign language film in 1962.
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