Lesser known Bergman movie is about a model (Harriet Andersson) and her photographer (Eva Dahlbeck), a former model, and their love lives. They go to a small town and both have sort-of romances with guys - the model with someone new, the photographer with a distractingly bald old flame.
Bergman was fully confident by now - his handling of the material is bold and strong. I wish I enjoyed this movie more. I was thrown by the structure - it concentrates on the young girl then switches and concentrates on the older one. Also the plot seems uninspired - the wife/daughter turn up, people are tempted but don't go through with things, reality isn't as good as memory, middle age men are prats trying to reinvigorate themselves through affairs who shouldn't be relied on, etc.
Most memorable bit was when the elder woman shoves her head out of a train in the rain. Of the two leads I thought Andersson came across better than Dahlbeck because the latter was such a misery guts.
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