
Peter Cowie wrote:
Donner has always been intrigued by the position of women in Scandinavian life, although from an Ethical Rather than a sociological standpoint. Like Bergman's, his female protagonists loom larger in the memory than his menfolk. Portraits of Women (Naisenkuvia, 1970) is Donner's equivalent to Bergman's Now About These Women, except that it is much funnier in a shameless, earthly fashion. Again Donner sardonically deflates the supercilious image that many Finns have of their own behaviour, as he follows the priapic process of a porno-movie maker from take to take and from bed to bed.