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Rating: 7.5 stars

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Criterion sweden stockholm rebellious youth female nudity pregnancy boat

All movies seen on 01/10/2025

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Summer with Monika (1953)

Directed by Ingmar Bergman

Drama | Romance

Overview

Monika from Stockholm falls in love with Harry, a young man on holiday. When she becomes pregnant they are forced into a marriage, which begins to fall apart soon after they take up residence in a cramped little flat.

Length 98 minutes

Actors

Harriet Andersson | Lars Ekborg | Dagmar Ebbesen | Åke Fridell | Naemi Briese | Åke Grönberg | Sigge Fürst | John Harryson | Georg Skarstedt | Gösta Ericsson | Gösta Gustafson | Gösta Prüzelius | Göthe Grefbo | Arthur Fischer | Torsten Lilliecrona | Bengt Eklund | Ivar Wahlgren | Catrin Westerlund | Hanny Schedin | Kjell Nordenskiöld | Nils Hultgren | Ernst Brunman | Sten Mattsson | Magnus Kesster | Carl-Axel Elfving | Bengt Brunskog | Wiktor Andersson | Birger Sahlberg | Nils Whiten | Tor Borong | Einar Söderbäck | Mona Geijer-Falkner | Astrid Bodin | Uno Larsson | Harry Ahlin | Anders Andelius | Renée Björling | Jessie Flaws | Gert Fylking | Gustaf Färingborg | Gordon Löwenadler | Mona Åstrand | Sven Löfgren | Gun Östring

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

This is a wonderful film. Two teenagers, with drab jobs in the city, run away together to the country until the reality of the world sets in. It was somewhat scandalous at the time due to some female nudity.

Harriet Anderson, in her first film for Bergman, oozes sexuality. Her character is overly demanding and irresponsible, but at the same time, shows a kind of female independence that hadn’t been seen on the big screen.  There’s a shot of her smoking a cigarette, then looking directly into the camera, as if she’s telling the audience, “Don’t you dare judge me.”  Fantastic.

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