It Rains On Our Love (1946)

by Mark Murton

Original Title: Det regnar på vår kärlek

Directed by: Ingmar Bergman

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: Maggi (Barbro Kollbergas) and David (Birger Malmsten) meet after she misses her train, and the down on their luck pair spend the night together. The next day, broke and caught in a storm, the young lovers break into a summer cottage. They are discovered by the owner, Håkansson (Ludde Gentzel), who offers to rent it to them, but actually has an ulterior motive.

Faux Cat: After they have broken into the cottage Maggi urges David to look around for some food. Hoping to find something to eat, David forces open a cupboard but all it contains is some books and what appears to be a small taxidermized tabby cat.

It Rains on Our Love - David Birger Malmsten and Maggi Barbro Kollbergas looking at taxidermied stuffed tabby cat in cupboard

David reaches for the cat just as they are interrupted by the arrival of a man, Håkansson, who questions them before revealing he is the owner of the property.

It Rains on Our Love - David Birger Malmsten holding taxidermied stuffed tabby cat with Maggi Barbro Kollbergas
It Rains on Our Love - Håkansson Ludde Gentzel forcing open cupboard with Maggi Barbro Kollbergas to find taxidermied stuffed tabby cat animated gif

Initially hostile, Håkansson ends up offering to rent them the cottage and they readily agree. Oddly enough he cradles the stuffed cat as if it were alive.

It Rains on Our Love - Håkansson Ludde Gentzel cradling taxidermied stuffed tabby cat

Cat Cattle Call: Later in the film David goes to Håkansson’s apartment and is greeted at the door by the man holding a live bicolor tabby cat in his arms.

It Rains on Our Love - Håkansson Ludde Gentzel greeting David Birger Malmsten at door with bicolor cat in his arms
It Rains on Our Love - Håkansson Ludde Gentzel holding bicolor cat in his arms as he opens door to David Birger Malmsten animated gif

David is invited in and spies another tabby cat on a high shelf as he passes through the foyer into the apartment.

It Rains on Our Love - Håkansson Ludde Gentzel holding bicolor cat with tabby cat on closet shelf

Moving further into the apartment David sees it is overrun with cats.

It Rains on Our Love - multiple cats sitting around room

“They’re not dangerous,” Håkansson assures him, just as two of the kitties snarl viciously and take swipes at each other.

It Rains on Our Love - bicolor tabby on floor
It Rains on Our Love - bicolor tabby fighting other cat
It Rains on Our Love - Håkansson Ludde Gentzel holding bicolor cat in his arms with David Birger Malmsten looking at apartment full of cats animated gif

A tuxedo cat on top of a cupboard hisses menacingly.

It Rains on Our Love - tuxedo cat on cupboard hissing
It Rains on Our Love - tuxedo cat hisses at David Birger Malmsten animated gif

They move to the desk where David is to sign some papers and find it occupied by yet another tabby cat.

It Rains on Our Love - tabby cat on desk

David sits at the desk and prepares to sign. He doesn’t seem to notice as a black cat looks at him and blinks inscrutably.

It Rains on Our Love - black cat on cushion

At the end of the film it appears that Håkansson is stroking the taxidermized cat once again as he moved away in the distance.

Final Mewsings: Properties with real cats are much more desirable than ones with stuffed cats.

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