Sweet Allen take on Smiles of a Summer Night - nice to see him in a period tale (even though it didn't really need to be), out in the country. Pleasant to look at and accomplished actors. Jose Ferrer is in the Max Von Sydow part as the imposing man with an older woman he educates (Mia Farrow in her first film for Allen).
These films have more vigour than his later ones because he was making them about people his own age (even if it was a period film).
A nice, slight Woody. Tends to be overlooked but has plenty of charm - the inventions, the rural setting, the period detail. Julie Hegarty is funny as a liberated nurse. Actually all the cast is good. Maybe having two "free love" types among the women was too much - could it not be varied?
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