SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT

(1955) dir. Ingmar Bergman; 108 min.

FRIDAY, April 9th at 7 & 9:30pm

SATURDAY, April 10th at 7 & 9:30pm

SUNDAY, April 11th at 3pm

This romantic farce set in the 19th-century European countryside chronicles the romantic trials, carnal temptations and jealous rage of four men and four women who are brought together for one weekend. Partners and love interests swap amongst the characters while the film pokes fun at the sexes, the bourgeois life, love, and lust. As a director typically known for his psychodramas, Bergman created a comedy that is considered to be one of his most acclaimed films. Smiles of a Summer Night is whimsical and amusing yet still manages to include the cynicism and symbolism characteristic of Bergman’s work.