If you loved Ashes and Diamonds, try Summer with Monika
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Ashes and Diamonds, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Summer with Monika is
Bergman does what he can with the material he's got. A young couple runs off to an island for a brief, idyllic affair. It's a film that simmers with the heat of youthful indiscretion, before admitting that life goes on.

