After its premiere in the United States , distributed by Roger Corman and New World Pictures , the film was released in Sweden and screened out of competition at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival . Following two unsuccessful films by Bergman , '' Cries and Whispers '' was a critical and commercial success . It received five Academy Award nominations , including one for Best Picture ( rare for a foreign-language film ) . Cinematographer Sven Nykvist won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography , and '' Cries and Whispers '' won the Guldbagge Award for Best Film and other honours
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