Dear John

8/27/2026

I thought there something of the "Brief Encounter" (1945) to this gently simmering tale of love - only this time we are on the water rather than a train. "John" (Jarl Kulle) is the handsome and rakish captain of a small boat who runs a regular shipping route taking him into a small village harbour where he shops in a grocers and regularly encounters a young waitress who has a daughter of her own. Quite swiftly, we can clearly observe that there is a rapport building between the sailor and a girl who identifies herself as "Anita" (Christina Schollin) and that steps up a gear when he takes himself skinny dipping and she takes up residence at the end of the pier - without (?) knowing he's in the water. From this nervous embarrassment comes an invitation from him to take her and "Helena" (Hele