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PREVIOUSLY PLAYED
SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT
6:15
Thursday, March 15
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Starring Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Margit Carlqvist, and Gunnar Björnstrand
(1955) In the course of a “white night” in mid-summer 1901, stuffy lawyer Gunnar Björnstrand, despite virginal new wife Ulla Jacobsson, tries to renew his romance with stage star Eva Dahlbeck; while a young man’s aborted suicide turns into a fantasy come true. Bergman’s first great international success. 35mm. Approx. 108 min.
Reviews
“Bergman’s most Shakespearean endeavor.”
– Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
“Glittering dialogue and graceful visuals… Intertwines pleasure and death.”
– Kristin M. Jones, The Wall Street Journal