Dreams (1955)

08/22/1955Drama, Romance1h 27m

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Susanne is a woman in her mid-30s and the owner of a modeling agency in Stockholm. She accompanies her prize model, Doris, on a trip to Gothenburg so that Doris can be photographed. While traveling, both women seek out romance, Susanne with a married lover and Doris with an older gentleman who sees his deceased wife in the young model. The two women struggle to understand their romantic motivations and in the process form an unlikely friendship.

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Eva Dahlbeck
Susanne
Harriet Andersson
Doris
Gunnar Björnstrand
Otto Sönderby, konsul
Ulf Palme
Henrik Lobelius
Inga Landgré
Fru Lobelius
Benkt-Åke Benktsson
Magnus
Sven Lindberg
Palle Palt
Kerstin Hedeby
Marianne
Naima Wifstrand
Fru Arén

A review by CRCulver

6.0

Written by CRCulver on Jun 5, 2018

Ingmar Bergman's 1955 film KVINNODRÖM ("Women's Dreams", released in the English-speaking world as simply "Dreams") has two interwoven plots that each involve a woman coming face to face with her aspirations to love and romance and being disappointed. Susanne (Eva Dahlbeck) runs an agency for fashion models in Stockholm, but she is distracted from work by an obsession with a married man (played by Ulf Palme) whose mistress she once was. Though the affair has been cut off, Susanne continues to stalk him. Meanwhile, one her models, Doris (Harriet Andersson) is seduced by a rich old man (Gunnar B...