Eine Sommernachts-Sexkomödie (1982)
21KEine Sommernachts-Sexkomödie: Directed by Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, José Ferrer, Julie Hagerty. A wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside.
“A MIDSUMMER NIGHTu0026#39;S SEX COMEDY was Woody Allenu0026#39;s amusing variation on the Ingmar Bergman classic SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT, which had been previously re-worked as a Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim called A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. This film is about three couples in turn of the century who gather at one of their country homes for the weekend and it is clear at the beginning of the story that these three couples are hopelessly mismatched and we see the very human foibles that split up and mix up these three couples during this memorable weekend in the country. Woody and Mary Steenburgen plays the hosts for the weekend, a seemingly happily married couple whose happiness is clearly surface deep. Tony Roberts plays a womanizing physician and Woodyu0026#39;s best pal who arrives for the weekend with his nurse (Julia Hagerty). In her first screen pairing with Woody Allen, Mia Farrow plays a former flame of Woodyu0026#39;s who has arrived with her much older fiancée (Jose Ferrer) who she is scheduled to marry on Monday. Watching these three couples fuss and fumble all over each other in an attempt to be with the person they really want to be with is what makes this charming period comedy work. As always in Woodyu0026#39;s films, music is crucial in setting the mood and Woody has chosen some classic Mendelsohhn pieces that set the perfect mood for the piece. The performances are uniformly fine, with Roberts a standout. Not one of Woodyu0026#39;s better known films, but if youu0026#39;d like to see where his relationship with Mia began, take a look.”
