Characters On The Couch

How a psychologist thinks about your favorite Film & TV characters.

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THE SILENCE
Ingmar Bergman (1963)
Why Silence Can Be Loud & Lonely

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Silence isn’t always golden. Not in Ingmar Bergman’s book. And, his various film treatises on silence speak to us loudly on many planes of emotional existence, and those planes are never smooth. Of course, silence can provide a necessary space for personal truths to appear. For imaginings to ripen and take hold. Or, a respite …

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Ingmar Bergman (1963)
Why Silence Can Be Loud & Lonely

CAPERNAUM
Desperation & Heartbreak Of An Abused & Neglected Boy
Finding A Voice

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Zain is the face of desperation. The poster child for what neglect, abuse, poverty, and heartbreak can do. We watch Nadine Labaki’s film Capernaum – as despair, longing, anguish, the deepest of grief, emotional torture; and finally frustration and rage take over Zain’s otherwise stunning features. But, even more to the point, Zain is the …

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Desperation & Heartbreak Of An Abused & Neglected Boy
Finding A Voice