Spring of Life (1957 film)

Spring of Life (Spanish: Primavera de la vida, Swedish: Livets vår) is 1957 Argentine-Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Nicole Berger, Folke Sundquist and Pedro Laxalt.[1] It was shot in studios in Buenos Aires and on location in the region. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gori Muñoz. The film tried to exploit the success of Mattson's earlier film One Summer of Happiness which had also starred Sundquist.[2]

Spring of Life
Directed byArne Mattsson
Written byAriel Cortazzo
Per Olof Ekström
Produced byÁngel Zavalia
StarringNicole Berger
Folke Sundquist
Pedro Laxalt
CinematographyAmérico Hoss
Edited byJosé Serra
Music byAlberto Ginastera
Production
companies
Guaranteed Pictures de la Argentina
Nordisk Tonefilm
Distributed byNordisk Tonefilm
Release date
  • 30 September 1957 (1957-09-30)
Running time
83 minutes
CountriesArgentina
Sweden
LanguageSwedish

Synopsis

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Young couple Elisa Fernandez and Marcelo are in love, but she is distressed that he is going away to Buenos Aires to study. Her strict father opposes their relationship, but Marcelo tries to find a way in order to raise the money so that she can come to the city with him.

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References

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  1. ^ Scandinavian Cinema p.280
  2. ^ Soila p.117

Bibliography

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  • Cowie, Peter Françoise Buquet, Risto Pitkänen & Godfried Talboom. Scandinavian Cinema: A Survey of the Films and Film-makers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Tantivy Press, 1992.
  • Soila, Tytti. The Cinema of Scandinavia. Wallflower Press, 2005.
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