A Summer Tale (2000)
The summer of '58, the year Sweden almost won the world championship in soccer over Brazil, Yngve Johansson accepts two children to live with him during the summer, as told through the eyes of a young boy. His name is Mårten, and the other child's name is Annika. She is a rough girl, with many problems. The three of them do not get along, and Yngve is a true dictator to the children's eyes. However, when the children discover that their new guardian has a crush on their teacher (Cecilia Nilsson), they do what they can to bring the two together. Soon enough, the three will discover that they have a lot more in common than they previously imagined, and together they can make their lives worth living again. This is a sweet story about life in Sweden in the mid 1900's. It is about family, love, hate, innocent friendship that we all can relate to, and much, much more...
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Simply A Masterpiece
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
A Summer Tale is a nice family movie. It reminded me a little bit "My Life as a Dog".Both movies are set to the same year - 1958 and in both movies kids must go somewhere away to the place they are not familiar with. They are unhappy but will recover later.Because I don't know too much about Sweden, some things seemed strange to me.Can you really hit the policeman in Sweden without being punished?:DWas the adoption in Sweden really so easy as described in the movie (I want foster-child and I will get it :P)? Can somebody explain it to me?
This excellent comedy is about a undertaker who takes care of two orphans during the summer. They have to overcome his ways of living and they try to help in the way they can. Maybe, just maybe, this will end happy...
I will have to disagree with the previous critiques here. I found this to be a very average movie, unfocused characters (though 3D most of the time) with odd twists in the plot and completely dumb ending, that doesn't make sense anywhere, let alone Sweden (and I refer to the summer-daddy picking up the kids from the hands of the police without anyone running after him).The entire set of relationships in this movie has been seen before and is not really interesting. The "romantic" couple is an old-fashioned, ugly and clumsy couple that we suppose to feel something for, and I didn't. The kids are OK, but I think that the French "Le Grand chemin" (1987), that pretty much tackled the same story line, but with far better performances between the lead kids. And how exactly do kids get the stuff to tattoo themselves while being hospitalized?! I was shocked at the silliness of that scene.Skip it, a very minor attempt.
When I sat down to watch this movie I was rather depressed. "Den bästa sommaren" changed that.Wonderful film about two orphans spending their summer holidays together in late 50s Swedish countryside. Their "father" for the summer is a seemingly square and restrained coroner, struggling for self-respect and gaining respect from others. With the 1958 soccer World Cup (which was held in Sweden) as a background, the three of them, and the kids' teacher, find their lives changing - for the better.Great acting, wonderful photo, good timing and a story that will make your day brighter too. 10/10.