SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT Sommarnattens leende
In Sweden at the turn of the century, members of the upper class and their servants find themselves in a
romantic tangle that they try to work out amidst jealousy and heartbreak.
After
fifteen films that received mostly local acclaim, the 1955 comedy
Smiles of a Summer Night at last ushered in an international audience
for Bergman. In turn-of-the-century Sweden, four men and four women
attempt to navigate the laws of attraction. During a weekend in the
country, the women collude to force the men’s hands in matters of the
heart, exposing their pretensions and insecurities along the way.
Chock-full of flirtatious propositions and sharp witticisms delivered by
such Swedish screen legends as Gunnar Björnstrand and Harriet
Andersson, Smiles of a Summer Night is one of the cinema’s great erotic
comedies. (Sweden, 1955, 108 min., NR, Swedish with English subtitles| Dir. Ingmar Bergman)
Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007) stands as
one of the giants of world cinema and perhaps the father of the
flowering of art house movement in America during the 1960s and ’70s.
This selection of some of his greatest works feature new digital
restorations courtesy of Janus Films and the Swedish Film Institute.
Click on the Links Below to Purchase Tickets for More Bergman Films:
THE SEVENTH SEAL
WILD STRAWBERRIES
PERSONA
THE MAGIC FLUTE
CRIES AND WHISPERS