A Lesson in Love
A Lesson in Love
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1h 36m
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1954 • Sweden
One of Ingmar Bergman’s most satisfying marital comedies, A LESSON IN LOVE stars the droll and sparkling duo of Eva Dahlbeck and Gunnar Björnstrand as a couple deep into their married years and seeking fresh pastures. Björnstrand’s gynecologist falls for one of his patients (Yvonne Lombard), while his wife flounces off to Copenhagen to renew her fling with a sculptor (Åke Grönberg). Deftly interspersing scenes of farce with interludes of tranquil reflection, A Lesson in Love serves as an aperitif before the full-blown comic brilliance of Smiles of a Summer Night the following year.
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Ingmar Bergman on A LESSON IN LOVE
This introduction to A LESSON IN LOVE was created in 2003 as part of a series of introductions that Marie Nyreröd recorded with Ingmar Bergman to many of his films. Shot in Bergman’s screening room on Fårö Island, these pieces were designed to precede the films when shown on Swedish television.
