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Monika et le désir

Original title: Sommaren med Monika
  • 1953
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  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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Harriet Andersson in Monika et le désir (1953)
A pair of teenagers meet one summer day, start a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.
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A pair of teenagers meet one summer day, start a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.A pair of teenagers meet one summer day, start a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.A pair of teenagers meet one summer day, start a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.

  • Director
    • Ingmar Bergman
  • Writers
    • Per Anders Fogelström
    • Ingmar Bergman
  • Stars
    • Harriet Andersson
    • Lars Ekborg
    • Dagmar Ebbesen
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    17K
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    • Director
      • Ingmar Bergman
    • Writers
      • Per Anders Fogelström
      • Ingmar Bergman
    • Stars
      • Harriet Andersson
      • Lars Ekborg
      • Dagmar Ebbesen
    • 84User reviews
    • 87Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Harriet Andersson
    Harriet Andersson
    • Monika Eriksson
    Lars Ekborg
    Lars Ekborg
    • Harry Lund
    Dagmar Ebbesen
    Dagmar Ebbesen
    • Fru Lindström - Harrys faster
    Åke Fridell
    Åke Fridell
    • Ludwig Eriksson - Monikas far
    Naemi Briese
    Naemi Briese
    • Monikas mor
    Åke Grönberg
    Åke Grönberg
    • Verkmästaren - Harrys arbetskamrat
    Sigge Fürst
    Sigge Fürst
    • Johan - Lagerbasen på Forsbergs
    John Harryson
    John Harryson
    • Lelle - Harrys rival
    Wiktor Andersson
    Wiktor Andersson
    • Ölgubbe
    • (uncredited)
    Renée Björling
    Renée Björling
    • Görans fru
    • (uncredited)
    Astrid Bodin
    • En fru i gårdsfönstret
    • (uncredited)
    Tor Borong
    • Lumphandlare
    • (uncredited)
    Ernst Brunman
    Ernst Brunman
    • Tobakshandlare
    • (uncredited)
    Bengt Brunskog
    Bengt Brunskog
    • Sicke - Monikas kavaljer
    • (uncredited)
    Bengt Eklund
    Bengt Eklund
    • Förste man på grönsakslagret
    • (uncredited)
    Carl-Axel Elfving
    Carl-Axel Elfving
    • Harrys arbetskamrat i tågkupén
    • (uncredited)
    Hans Ellis
    • Svensson
    • (uncredited)
    Gösta Ericsson
    • Direktör Forsberg
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ingmar Bergman
    • Writers
      • Per Anders Fogelström
      • Ingmar Bergman
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    8Xstal

    A Game of Two Halves...

    Monika feels trapped, in despair, her future is bleak and laid bare, she needs to break free, escape, run and flee, with a boy who is willing to care.

    Harry is a boy that can care, spends his days wishing he was elsewhere, now he's met a nice girl, and they're off for a whirl, a summer like no other can compare.

    To love, through a long hot summer, without a care or a bother, just to be in the arms of each other, to smother, enrapture and cover - what could possibly go wrong! Monika and Harry find the inevitable fork in the road, where habit and repetition branch from joy and satisfaction, and sacrifice will not recompense or suffice, at least for one.

    Contains that look that says it all.
    9ilpohirvonen

    A film that delights and horrifies

    Sommaren med Monika, often translated as Monika, the Story of a Bad Girl, but directly it is Summer with Monika, I prefer the latter. Summer with Monika is Ingmar Bergman's early masterful classic. It's European modernism and as many of Bergman's films of that era, this film too dealt with social issues. Even that Ingmar Bergman himself was from a bourgeois family, Summer with Monika builds around the working class. It's a story about two youngsters who fall in love and start living a life of their own.

    Monika is a minor girl who doesn't get along with her parents. Her only escape from the harsh family life is romantic cinema and her boyfriend, Harry. In result of the distressing life Monika and Harry escape the city to archipelago for the summer. When the summer's over and they come back, the love between them starts to fade.

    I have yet not seen as strong film about young parenthood as this. It shows the truth in a very realistic light, Bergman doesn't add any glamor to its characters' lives, which he never does. This is the social theme of Summer with Monika, young parenthood and the subject is still very current, which makes the film timeless. No director of today has succeed in making as good description of the life like that.

    Summer with Monika is so beautifully made that it delights you. The plot also has some points that delight the audience, but I was mostly touched by the beauty of the narrative and cinematography. Both of these are clearly European modernism in Summer with Monika. The camera goes behind the reality, it shows the true emotions of the characters. A very impressive scene of the film is when Monika watches directly to the camera. This shocking destruction of the fourth wall and the illusion of cinema, was probably the first one ever made. My information of this is not accurate or reliable, but at least Summer with Monika was one of the first ones, that did this.

    A very powerful film of love, youth, parenthood, frustration and life.
    10Chris Knipp

    A classic in a pristine new print from Janus

    Ingmar Bergman's Monika (Summer with Monika) (1953) is the story of two Stockholm teenagers, stock boy Harry (Lars Ekborg) and voluptuous, impulsive Monika (Harriet Andersson), who meet and fall in love and run away for a summer on a motorboat on the Stockholm archipelago escaping from work and all responsibility. Monika becomes pregnant and they return to the city and marry – but things turn bad. This first powerful feature by the Swedish master is simple and sweet but nonetheless rich in emotional wrenching events. The film, which depicts teenage unwed sex, was shockingly sensual for its time. In 2006 the intensity of Harriet Andersson's uninhibited performance is still impressive and this story is just as heartbreaking as it was over half a century ago.

    Presented as part of the Janus Films sidebar of the 2006 New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in another gorgeous pristine-looking new print with a rich black and white tonal range that may look better than the original did.
    8runamokprods

    Considered by many Bergman's first truly important film

    The first half recalls Bergman's earlier 'Summer Interlude'. But the second half goes further and explores the 'what if' of the summer romance between teens; moving into parenthood, marriage, and disillusionment.

    The acting is excellent, and unlike 'Summer Interlude' these actors look close to the naive age they're playing.

    The film's point of view sometimes felt a bit one sided to me with 'bad girl' Monika, from a crude, poor family, less willing to extend herself than her upper-class boyfriend Harry. Of course, along with being selfish she is also the more complex and fascinating character, especially as played by the young Harriett Andersson.

    Some critics make the argument – with merit – that the film doesn't judge Monika,the audience does. Indeed, it could be argued that the film is meant to make us question our own judgment of a poor girl who is brought up with dreams of marriage as a glamorous escape, and not just a humdrum existence. It's not for nothing the heroine is obsessed with Hollywood love stories.

    Andersson's performance may be the first of the many hyper-real and extremely complex characters in Bergman's body of work, transcending 'type' and moral judgment.

    The film was beloved by the French New wave filmmakers, who saw in it's complex attitude (and very brief nudity) a throwing off of the shackles of conventional characters and storytelling.
    7rooprect

    Summer with Monika, or "My Bat-Snot Cray Cray Girlfriend"

    Ingmar Bergman's 1953 "Summer with Monika" was chopped down from 92 mins to barely over an hour and shown in America as the provocatively titled "Monika, the Story of a Bad Girl", promoted with saucy posters and even nude postcards. But cool your engines because there's nothing very sexually explicit; if Monika is indeed a "bad girl" that's because she makes some very bad, selfish & inconsiderate choices. Not exactly the "bad girl" of your dreams but more like the crazy girlfriend who ruined your life.

    "Monika" (Harriet Andersson) is an 18 year old girl who dreams of escaping her impoverished life but with little foresight beyond that. Enter "Harry" (Lars Ekborg) who is also dissatisfied with his lowly station, but he has a somewhat clearer head about him. In an impulsive moment, the two run off to an island believing they can live forever in a summer of blissful denial. And thus the theme is set: how long can lovers survive "living in the moment"?

    Gorgeously shot and expertly acted, this film is definitely a treat to watch. However, you may find yourself disliking, or even hating, the character Monika for the way she tramples all over everyone's life to suit herself. Although she is admirable in her fearless rebellion against conventions, she is shown to be almost childishly self-absorbed. Thus she isn't quite the classy, intriguing female protagonist of "Summer Interlude" (Bergman's film 2 years prior) but she's almost like a deliberate caricature of that character--a tantrum-throwing wild child which Bergman literally illustrates in one memorable scene as she's scurrying through the woods, dirty faced and disheveled, tearing at a piece of meat she had just stolen. Watching "Summer with Monika" back to back with "Summer Interlude" is quite an experience, and I highly recommend it to those of you who are interested in this side of Bergman.

    During filming, Bergman and his leading actress Harriet Andersson were having a short but passionate affair, and critics have said that this resulted in the film being a "love letter" to Andersson. Definitely the camera is very attentive to her, and there are some fabulous shots that capture not only her impish beauty but also her cruel, darker side that's not as glamorous but every bit as engaging. But as for it being a love letter to her? I don't think so; if anything it feels more like an exposé, a poetic yet brutal ode to that "bad girl" our momma always warned us about.

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    • Trivia
      In François Truffaut's Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959), the poster that René and Antoine steal from the cinema is of Harriet Andersson in this film.
    • Quotes

      Monika Eriksson: Spring is here. Did you notice?

      Harry Lund: Yes.

      Monika Eriksson: One shouldn't work on a day like this.

      Harry Lund: No, it's really crazy.

      Monika Eriksson: Let's go away and never come back. We'll see the whole wide world. Are you game?

      Harry Lund: Sure, let's go.

    • Alternate versions
      First US release, marketed for the drive in theater circuit, ran only 62 minutes, was dubbed, and featured a different score by jazz musician Les Baxter.
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une vague nouvelle (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      An der schönen blauen Donau / The Blue Danube, Op. 314
      Composed by Johann Strauss (1867)

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    • Release date
      • May 14, 1954 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Sweden
    • Language
      • Swedish
    • Also known as
      • Monika
    • Filming locations
      • Riddarfjärden, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden(Boat dock under the Western Bridge at Marieberg)
    • Production company
      • Svensk Filmindustri (SF)
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    • Budget
      • SEK 484,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $14,459
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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