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Summer with Monika • 30m

This 2009 documentary directed by Stig Björkman, is composed of behind-the-scenes footage of several films, including SUMMER WITH MONIKA, shot by Ingmar Bergman with a 9.5 mm Bell & Howell camera. The footage is accompanied by an archival audio interview with Bergman and newly recorded interviews with actors Harriet Andersson and Bibi Andersson.

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