Bergman - Revisited_Thirst (Törst) – 1949

Inescapable, difficult and doomed human relationships, the title “Thirst” (Törst - 1949) interprets human being as thirsty for anything which will alleviate his existential restlessness.

Human beings trying to escape the drudgery of existence in brief moments of miserable relationship, with extra marital affairs ending in abortion, frustration from existence, Lesbianism, hysterical women, dominant men, threshold of nervous breakdown and suicide reflects an ongoing pattern of Bergman plunging himself into the hopelessness of life

In the middle of the film we see at last a little bit of joy from Bergman when he displays ‘joie de vivre’ in the theatre whilst the girls dance to old ragtime music. Probably the only piece of radiance so far leading to his 7th film.