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Smiles of a Summer Night. After fifteen films that received mostly local acclaim, the comedy Smiles of a Summer Night at last ushered in an international audience for Ingmar Bergman. In turn-of-the-century Sweden, four men and four women attempt to navigate the laws of attraction.
Smiles of a Summer Night. Rent Smiles of a Summer Night on Fandango at Home, or buy it on Fandango at Home. Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman (Gunnar...
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In the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the successful fifty years old lawyer Fredrik Egerman has been married for three years with his naive nineteen years old wife Anne, who is still virgin. His adult son from his former marriage, Henrik, lives in celibate preparing to be a priest.
One of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's most lyrical and charming works, Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) is an unexpected detour from the more typical existential gloom Bergman is remembered for. In fact, it's a comedy.
May 3, 2011 · The film is bathed in beauty, removed from the banalities of short skirts and modern-day streets and shops, and removed in time, it draws us closer. Bergman found a high style within a set of boudoir farce conventions: in Smiles of a Summer Night, boudoir farce becomes lyric poetry.
Subscribed. 34. After fifteen films that received mostly local acclaim, the comedy Smiles of a Summer Night at last ushered in an international audience for Ingmar Bergman. In turn-of-the-century ...
Smiles of a Summer Night. Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1955 • Sweden. Starring Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson. After fifteen films that received mostly local acclaim, the comedy SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT at last ushered in an international audience for Ingmar Bergman.
