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Summer with Monika

1953 · 98 min

A sunlit summer idyll that slowly darkens into a sobering portrait of youthful passion and its consequences.

Tagline
A Picture for Wide Screens and Broad Minds.
Overview
One summer day, two teens begin a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • freedom
  • family
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • sea
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Ingmar Bergman
Written by
Ingmar Bergman, Per Anders Fogelström
Starring
Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg, Dagmar Ebbesen, Åke Fridell, Naemi Briese, Åke Grönberg, Sigge Fürst, John Harryson
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
98 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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