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Swedish cinema: Comedy/Drama

A Lesson in Love (1954)
Ingmar Bergman

David, a gynaecologist, has been married to Marianne for 15 years. When she discovers that her husband has been sleeping with one of his patients, Marianne begins an affair with a close family friend...   [More...]

The Devil's Eye (1960)
Ingmar Bergman

Few things annoy the Devil more than a woman's chastity - it always brings on a painful stye in his eye. Irked by this affliction, he summons Don Juan, who is still serving his 300 year sentence in Hell, and sends him back to Earth on a vital mission - to divest a pastor's 20-year old daughter, Britt-Marie, of her virginity...   [More...]

Dreams (1955)
Ingmar Bergman

Susanne Frank is a fashion photographer with a successful agency in Stockholm. Doris is her favourite model, a sensitive and naïve young woman...   [More...]

Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Ingmar Bergman

December 1907. The once-famous actress Helena Ekdahl welcomes her family to her home to celebrate Christmas. Her sons - Gustav Adolf, Carl and Oscar arrive with their wives and children...   [More...]

Les Grandes personnes (2008)
Anne Novion

To celebrate his daughter Jeanne's 17th birthday, Albert, a divorced librarian, takes her to the Swedish island Styrsö for their summer holiday...   [More...]

The Magician (1958)
Ingmar Bergman

The year is 1846. A troupe of travelling performers, the Magnetic Health Theatre, is making its way across Sweden. The troupe consists of Dr Vogler, a mute magician, his assistant (who is in truth his wife Manda), an elderly woman resembling a witch and Tubal, the show's talkative barker...   [More...]

Masculin, féminin (1966)
Jean-Luc Godard

His military service finally over, Paul, a young man in his early twenties, returns to Paris in search of work. He finds a job with a trendy magazine where he meets Madeleine, an attractive woman of his own age who has set her sights on becoming a pop singer...   [More...]

The Parson's Widow (1920)
Carl Theodor Dreyer

In the 17th century, Söfren, a young seminary graduate, and Mari, his attractive fiancée, make their way across country to a little Norwegian village which is need of a new parson...   [More...]

Waiting Women (1952)
Ingmar Bergman

Whilst waiting for their husbands to join them at their holiday home, four sisters-in-law swap stories about their lukewarm marriages...   [More...]

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