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Directed by | Ingmar Bergman |
Produced by | Rune Waldekranz |
Written by | Ingmar Bergman |
Starring |
Eva Dahlbeck Harriet Andersson Gunnar Björnstrand |
Cinematography | Hilding Bladh |
Edited by | Carl-Olov Skeppstedt |
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Running time
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87 minutes |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
Dreams (Swedish: Kvinnodröm) is a 1955 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman.
Susanne is the owner of a model agency in Stockholm. Doris, her most popular model, has an argument with her fiancé, Palle, just before she goes with Susanne to Gothenburg to be photographed in a new collection.
In Gothenburg Doris meets an aging Consul, who sees in her a striking resemblance to his wife, now in a mental hospital. The Consul gratifies Doris’s desires for fine clothes and jewelry, and the two spend a strenuously exciting day together, until his daughter arrives and ruthlessly exposes her father’s egotism.
Susanne has meanwhile telephoned her ex-lover Henrik and arranged a rendezvous with him. Henrik reluctantly visits her. They make love and are planning to resume their relationship when his wife arrives.
She proves conclusively that Henrik is a weakling. Disillusioned, Susanne returns with Doris to Stockholm, where Doris’s fiancé waits.
Dreams is one of the only Ingmar Bergman films to have received lukewarm reviews as opposed to a positive reception. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports 40% approval among five critics.