To Love
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jörn Donner
Harriet Andersson
Zbigniew Cybulski
Isa Quensel
Thomas Svanfeldt
Jane Friedmann
Film Details
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Synopsis
At the end of 10 years of marriage, Louise has withdrawn into conformity, playing out the roles of middle-class wife and mother. Now, while still in her early thirties, she finds herself a widow. At her husband's funeral she meets Fredrik, an exuberant, open-hearted Pole working as a travel agent in Stockholm. He wants to become better acquainted; Louise agrees; and before long Fredrik moves into the apartment she shares with her mother and son. He encourages her on a path of joyful sensuality that brings a resurgence of life; her mother, Marta, and son, Jakob, find happiness in watching her solemn façade fall away. Mistrustful of binding ties, the couple abandon themselves to a celebration of physical love. Louise reveals the frustration and boredom of marriage to a man whose business left no time for pleasure, while Fredrik tells her of his past involvements and restless need to move on. Gradually the lovers reverse their roles; Louise revels in her newly-discovered sexual freedom, while Fredrik matures in the relationship and begins to take life more seriously. Eventually he proposes, and though Louise is uncertain, they agree that their shared physical joy has introduced them to love.
Director
Jörn Donner
Cast
Harriet Andersson
Zbigniew Cybulski
Isa Quensel
Thomas Svanfeldt
Jane Friedmann
Nils Eklund
Jan-erik Lindqvist
Crew
Jan Boleslaw
Manuel Costa E Silva
Jörn Donner
Katherina Farago
Lars Lalin
Jules Levey
Mago
John Nasht
Bo Nilsson
Sven Nykvist
Bertil Ohlsson
Gösta Peterson
Timo Sarpaneva
Eje Thelin
Eje Thelin's Quintet
Rune Waldekranz
Lennart Wallen
Stig Westerberg
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Released in Sweden in August 1964 as Att älska at 95 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Best Actress Prize (Andersson) at the 1964 Venice Film Festival.
Shown at 1964 Venice Film Festival.
Shown at New York Film Festival September 22, 1964.
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