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This feature, like Bergman's first' is a relatively simple melodrama. Both follow rather simple narratives about characters going through simple struggles. And yet, where his first one left me unmoved, this second film is at the very least Charming with also thought provoking commentary on Swedish society at best.

Like Birger Malmsten's character David says in the first minutes of the film, "Damn Society", or something along those lines at least. Time and time again our two lovers are confronted with unfortune from society and everytime they pull through and come out stronger, ending in a finally in court that felt satisfying to say the least.

While nothing too special in terms of Cinematography or anything like that I think this is a more than fine film and a good start for Bergman. It's funny to see these light hearted early films of him that feel almost out of place when compared to his dramatic works we now know would later follow. I guess the Swedish audiences at that time were more interested in light hearted films about love than deep ones about human nature and death and such.

3/5 Stars.

This early Ingmar Bergman film already bears the marks of a great director with a striking sense of images - the cinematography is already here remarkable, at times touching on expressionism. It is a well written idyllic story of a young couple in trouble, he being just released from prison after a year for theft, and she being pregnant by an unknown man. They break into a small empty summer house, in which the owner of it takes them red-handed - and decides to rent it to them, so they start a life there under difficult and very basic circumstances. That's the set-up of the play, which turns in various different directions as the young couple struggle on in a cold October weather with lots of raining, and they have to endure some harassment from authorities, one of them being a very self-complacent and sanctimonious priest - a typical Bergman character, who always loved hanging out priests of double standards. It's an enjoyable film with a very appropriate score by Erland von Koch, combining dark comedy with social criticism in a perfect frame of idyllic environment - an ideal film of coziness.

This is a romantic and exciting feel-good movie about a lovable naive couple with a questionable background, trying to start all over together and adapt themselves to the society. The young star director Ingmar Bergman here effectively portrays typically good and bad sides of the human behaviour. The main theme returns over and over again - how do people live with their past, and how do they handle the resulting conflicts and moral dilemmas? Despite the age of this movie (released in 1946) it does not feel old fashioned in any way. Common to Bergman's movies to come, this one is way ahead of its time. The story and acting feel just as fresh as any modern movie and is a pure enjoyment to watch, without any boring or embarrassing moments.

'It rains on our love" (1946) is an early film by Ingmar Bergman. Bergman was a director who had to learn his trade so the film is worth watching , but it isn't great.

The film is about two vagabonds, a man (David played by Birger Malmsten, a regular actor in Bergman films up till 1950) and a women (Maggi played by Barbro Kollberg), that are treated roughly by society. Of course (representatives of) society do see that differently. In their view the vagabonds fail to adapt to society's norms.

Films about vagabonds always remind me of "the little tramp", the ultimate vagabond, most certainly if a stray dog is involved, as is the case in "It rains on our love". See also "A dog's life" (1918, Charlie Chaplin). Chaplin however was much more competent in finding the right mix between comedy and sentimentality than the young Bergman, and also than the mature Bergman I guess, because Bergman quit making films in this genre after a while.

The film ends with a courtroom scene, and this is one of the most memorable scenes of the film. In the beginning the two vagabonds are on trial, but when their lawyer starts his defence the roles are quickly reversed and it almost seems that society is on trial.

This lawyer (Gosta Cederlund) is a remarkable appearance in "It rains on our love". He starts as a sort of narrator / guradian angel and all of a sudden becomes a character. Most unusual!

Maggi needs to take the next train, she's confused, alone and feels the strain, escaping her past, with baggage amassed, no hope and with nothing to gain (sometimes things don't turn out the way you had hoped).

David overnights at the station, going nowhere and not on vacation, bleak future ahead, no hope only dread, an outcast and left to damnation (just as today, a blemished past can lead you to the fringes).

Together they make a fresh start, so much better as two than apart, it's a struggle, a battle, being treated like cattle, to haul the metaphorical cart (a lot easier together though, to carry the baggage of the past).

The biases and prejudice against those who don't conform to societies ideals, as relevant today as ever it was, and quite possibly more abundant and widespread in a more diverse ecology. Beautiful and sincere performances throughout, leaves you determined to never give up or give in.