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4/4
The Virgin Spring review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 03/14/2012
Setting is during the medieval era in which a lady requests for a service from a God. Karin (Birgitta Pettersson) was raped and murdered while a servant named Ingeri (Gunnel Lindblom) watches in horror. Her father, Töre (Max von Sydow) and Märeta (Birgitta Valberg) becomes concerned about her whereabouts. A picture that epitomizes serious topics of evil, jealousy, morality, belief, vengeance, forgiveness and religion. The soundtrack was almost non-existent since it focused on the figures on the picture. "Poor mite, live out your miserable life as surely as God allows us to live our life," "God have mercy on me," I don't understand you," and "Only God can judge" are probably a few of the most powerful lines in the film, which relies mostly on the effective screenplay.
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Rating of
3.5/4
Crime, Punishment and the Grace of God
Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/12/2009
On the surface, The Virgin Spring seems like a simple story of murder and revenge in medieval Sweden, but beneath this veneer is a battle of old and new religions and the very nature of God.
You think you’re watching a classic good vs. evil, but instead you are treated to shades of grey where right and wrong are blended. You have Ingeri, a “wild woman” – pregnant, invoking Odin, the old god looking unkempt and rough. Then you have Karin, the spoiled, perfect daughter of the house who has no problem getting what she wants while remaining the ideal Christian virgin.
Ingeri is jealous and upset enough to want to curse Karin and her perfect life. Even Karin’s mother harbors some resentment at her daughter because of the relationship she has with her father. A trip to bring …
