Summer with Monika Movie Download

10 / 10

A fine example of a master at work
Summer with Monika is one of Ingmar Bergman’s, Sweden’s greatest director, best films. It is incredibly well shot tying in wonderfully with the themes of disillusion and desertion, with some of the most memorable images of Bergman’s 50s films. The shots of Stockholm and the sunlit scenes of the otherwise islands of great isolation stay in the mind for a very long time. Bergman’s direction as always is superb, while the music fits the contrasting moods perfectly and the dialogue is understated and thoughtful. The story is basically a study of young summer love and alienation of city life, and it manages to be the last examples of that and one of the best as well. The joy and innocence of this kind of love is done to both haunting and poignant effect. The two leads exude a great chemistry and both give fine individual performances. Lars Ekborg makes the adoration aspect of his character very believable, but Harriet Anderssen for me gave the more impressive performance. Her performance is sassy with eyes that are very telling of anything but. All in all, Bergman has directed so many wonderful films that show him as a master of cinema, and Summer with Monika is up there with his best. 10/10 Bethany CoxRead More