Harry Lund (lars Ekborg) is a nineteen years old young man who meets Monika (Harriet Andersson), a romantic, reckless and rebel seventeen years old teenager and both fall in love for each other. They live their families and jobs in their small town, Harry gets his father's boat and they spend the summer together in an isolated island. Monika gets pregnant, and Harry decides to get married with her. He grows-up, gets a job and return to the studies, trying to improve their lives and raise their daughter June, while Monika just wants to have fun. An inevitable separation happens in the end.
In this romance, Ingmar Bergman returns to the theme of "Sommalek", love between youngster, giving a different approach. The beautiful story is disclosed through a beautiful cinematography, showing Harriet Andersson very sexy and daring, for a 1953 movie. Unfortunately, for the Brazilian viewers, the VHS from Continental distributor is awful, having black stripes covering the subtitles in English. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): 'Monika e o Desejo' ('Monika and the Desire')
In this romance, Ingmar Bergman returns to the theme of "Sommalek", love between youngster, giving a different approach. The beautiful story is disclosed through a beautiful cinematography, showing Harriet Andersson very sexy and daring, for a 1953 movie. Unfortunately, for the Brazilian viewers, the VHS from Continental distributor is awful, having black stripes covering the subtitles in English. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): 'Monika e o Desejo' ('Monika and the Desire')