Rabies

Directed by Ingmar Bergman

With Max von Sydow, Gunnel Lindblom, Åke Fridell, Bibi Andersson and Folke Sundquist

Structured as six interconnected episodes, Rabies depicts cruelty as a contagious force: each character, wounded or humiliated, passes that violence on to another. Filmed for Swedish television, Ingmar Bergman’s adaptation of Olle Hedberg’s morality play presents human behavior as a relentless chain of transferred suffering.