Smiles of a Summer Night Smiles of a Summer Night Smiles of a Summer Night () is a 1955 Swedish comedy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was shown at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005 "TIME" magazine ranked it one of the 100 greatest films since 1923. The film's plot—which involves some couples who switch partners on a summer night—has been adapted many times, particularly as the theatrical musical "A Little Night Music" by Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler and Harold Prince, which opened on Broadway in 1973, and as Woody Allen's film "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (1982). The film takes
On a Night Like This unique experiences on night time, but also approaches themes of relationships and love. According to "New Zealand Herald"s Scott Kara, the composition is "a swirling, late night club pop tune." A reviewer from British tabloid "NME" compared the "disco" sound to the 2000 track "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" by Spiller, and to the work of English recording artist Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Philip Matusavage, writing for "MusicOMH", argued that the song included musical influences of Europop. "On a Night Like This" received generally favourable reviews from most music critics. Writing for "Stylus Magazine", Mark Edwards said that the recording was one