Ingmar Bergman writes and directs a film about the love lives of two women. Eva Dahlbeck is the head of a modeling agency and Harriet Andersson is one of her top models. They both have unresolved issues revolving around their love lives.
Dahlbeck is involved with a married man and she apparently wants him to leave his wife for her, Harriet Andersson is in a relationship with a man she finds unexciting. On a trip to another city for a photo spread both women come to realizations that resolve their relationships.
Ingmar Bergman was always considered one of the best writer/directors when it came to roles for women in his pictures. However in this instance the situations seem a little low key and in some ways unimportant. The film is directed with his usual skill, at this point in his career Bergman was an accomplished filmmaker.
However it didn't hurt to have two very good performers appear in this film. Harriett Andersson always brought a sensual quality to the Bergman films that she appeared in. Eva Dahlbeck worked with Bergman frequently and she was always a strong presence in his films. She's kind of forgotten today in the world of Ingmar Bergman film admirers, but she was just as important to his films as Liv Ullmann or Bibi Andersson.
For the most part Dreams is a minor but well made Bergman film and is probably more a film for Ingmar Bergman film fanatics who need to see everything he made
The running time is 87 minutes.
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