Directed by Ingmar Bergman
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Criterion Eclipse)
Ingmar Bergman's directorial debut is a moody, depressing look at the emotions bubbling under a small Swedish town. Inga Landgre plays Nelly, a teenager living with her aging adopted mother, who is tired of small town life and eager to see the rest of the world. She falls for Jack, a free-spirited actor who breaks out a jazz band at the stuffy town social then seduces her by a lake. When Jack turns out to be the boyfriend of none other than her real mother, she hardly blinks an eye, but instead moves in with them in the big city. Predictably, heartache and tragedy follow. These themes are explored less melodramatically in later Bergman films, but the master's touch is undeniably present. He uses light, shadow, the theater and music all to great effect, just as in his later films.
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