Directed by Ingmar Bergman
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Criterion Eclipse)
An early Bergman effort set in the dockyards of Gothenburg. In the opening scene, a girl walks off the docks into the sea in a suicide attempt. She is an unhappy teenager trapped in the home of her overbearing parents who are contemplating divorce. She writes "lonely" on her bathroom mirror and falls into the arms of any willing man. After a series of failed relationships, she is sent to a reform school where she hangs out with the wrong crowd. She finally meets a caring man, a 29-year-old retired sailor, and they fall in love. However, he has trouble dealing with her past and they meet resistance from a social worker, her old "friends" and a lecherous boss at work. An old reform school friend shows up pregnant and wanting an abortion, leading to tragedy. Bergman strikes an uneasy balance between realism and melodrama.
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