A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy doctor, and a free-thinking nurse spend a summer weekend in and around a stunning - and possibly magical - country house.
Cinematography
Gordon Willis makes magic hour look actually magical
Costume
Mia Farrow's white dress is doing heavy lifting
Writing
Allen pastiches Chekhov, Shakespeare, and his own neuroses
Director
Woody Allen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Allen shot this immediately after Stardust Memories and called it 'a vacation' — his first film with Mia Farrow, beginning their 12-year collaboration.
The film borrows its structure from Smiles of a Summer Night but replaces Bergman's spiritual ache with Allen's anti-spiritual itch.
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