Ingmar Bergman made his international breakthrough with this sensual and heart-wrenching tale of young love. A girl and a boy from working-class families in Stockholm run away from home to spend a secluded, romantic summer on the beach, far away from their parents and responsibilities. It isn’t long before the couple are forced to return to reality.

The version originally released in the US was re-edited by the distributor to make it slightly more risqué, but the original Summer with Monika (Sommaren med Monika), which is being screened at Budascoop, is a work of astonishing maturity and one of Bergman’s most important films.