Talk:Summer with Monika

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I have removed "(While Sweden is relatively sexually liberal in many regards, much of the concept of "Swedish sin" is largely exaggerated and was perpetuated by the film industry, not least by the so-called "Schwedenfilme" produced in Germany.)" from the intro.

This is written with a heavy Christian bias (not to mention "While Sweden is relatively sexually liberal," which is an opinion). "Swedish sin" is something you would find in Puritan Christian nations, like the United States, but obviously not in Sweden. This is also what the movie is about. Bergman saw nothing "sinful" in Monika. A large part of society did. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.253.73.146 (talk) 16:44, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article says "In Stockholm, the young working-class Harry meets Monika, an adventurous young woman, in the cafe in which he is employed.". I can't say I know very much about 1950s Swedish class signifiers but Harry does not strike me as working-class. His father is a member of (indeed on the committee of) a sailing club, and he owns a sailing boat. The interior of Harry's residence is full of ornaments that Monika admires and says would be broken by the children at her place.

Interestingly the poster has a misprint or isn't Swedish: 'sommeren' rather than 'sommaren'. The latter is Swedish, the former is Norwegian. The caption under the poster says it is the Swedish poster, but it's either Norwegian or incorrect. The KF logo in the bottom right corner was the logo of Kommunenes Filmcentral A/S.86.87.191.180 (talk) 17:33, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]