A presença de Kierkegaard na Luz de Inverno de Bergman

Abstract

An examination of the fears and anxieties concerning the film Winter Light by filmmaker, Ingmar Bergman, has led to research in unexplored fields of the subjective universe. Kierkegaard was reviewed, not only because of his background in philosophy but essentially due to his existential peculiarities, his religious conflicts and mainly because of his great anxiety. Since Bergman s life is intrinsically related to Kierkegaard s the existential field of which anxiety is a human condition was considered interesting for analysis and attempts were made to describe its possible overcoming. Kierkegaard s concepts and thoughts can be found intertwined in every line and in every shooting of Winter Light\" by means of the rich dialogs constructed by Bergman. Kierkegaard s work promotes a meeting of the individual with his self in which despair is the key to overcoming anxiety. The silence of the world, of the self and of God are key factors in the individual s grasp of eternity.