Kvinnodröm

Bergman's movies in the '50s tend to lack any real perspective on their obsessive themes; each film looks like a more or less strained effort to find a 'dramatic' solution to the 'problem' of the ideas it contains. Journey Into Autumn tries for irony, but still ends up looking more forced than measured as fashion editor Eva Dahlbeck and model Harriet Andersson dream of reconciliation with former lovers, only to face disillusionment.