Summer with Monika
1953 · Movie · R · 98 min · ★ 7.3 · 95% critics
Two working-class teens in Stockholm fall hard and impulsively leave their jobs and families behind for a summer escape among nearby islands. As their carefree days collide with money troubles and growing responsibilities, their relationship is tested by the pull between freedom and the demands of everyday life.
Also known as Monika, Story of a Bad Girl!
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Details
- Original title
- Sommaren med Monika
- Years
- 1953
- Release date
- 1953-02-09
- Language
- Swedish
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (394 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a raw, intimate look at young love colliding with adult responsibilities, in the spirit of Summer Interlude; Not for you if you need a hopeful tone or a more complex, twisty story.
Pros: intense young romance; vivid sense of place; emotionally direct drama | Cons: bleak turn in tone; uneven pacing; some contrived moments
Themes
- pregnancy
- stockholm, sweden
- black and white
- young love
- archipelago
- midsummer
Cast & crew
Harriet Andersson
as Monika Eriksson
Lars Ekborg
as Harry Lund
Dagmar Ebbesen
as Mrs. Lindström
Åke Fridell
as Ludwig Eriksson
Naemi Briese
as Monika's Mother
Åke Grönberg
as Harry's Friend at Work
Sigge Fürst
as Johan
John Harryson
as Lelle
Georg Skarstedt
as Harry's Father
Gösta Ericsson
as Forsberg
Directed by Ingmar Bergman