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ONE SUMMER OF HAPPINESS 1951 caused much international controversy, because of a nude swimming sequence and a love scene which included a close-up of Ulla Jacobson’s breasts

One Summer of Happiness (Hon dansade en sommar - She danced for a summer) is a 1951 Swedish film by director Arne Mattsson, based on the 1949 novel Sommardansen (The Summer Dance) by Per Olof Ekström. It was the first Swedish film to win the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. It was also nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. Today, the film is mainly known for its nude scenes, which caused much controversy at the time and, together with Ingmar Bergman’s Summer with Monika (1953), spread the image of Swedish “free love” around the world.

Reception - The film caused much international controversy, because of a nude swimming sequence and a love scene which included a close-up of Ulla Jacobson’s breasts, but also because of its very anti-clerical message by portraying a local priest as the main villain. So, in spite of its awards, the film was banned in Spain and several other countries, and was not widely released in the United States until 1955, although it was showing in San Francisco as early as October 1953.

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