Speed Cinema Screening: Smiles of a Summer Night 9/08/18 6 pm

Directed by Ingmar Bergman

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. Chocked-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.  The film was also adapted to the stage as the musical A Little Night Music. 1955, Sweden, DCP, in Swedish with English subtitles. Recommended for 16+.

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