Compelling study of a woman painter and her lover. Their purely sexual attraction to one another seemingly lacking in warmth, is a recipe for disaster. Gunn Wållgren glitters as the temperamental painter. Ingmar Bergman´s deft touch is evident in the cutting dialogue. Compelling study of a woman painter and her lover. Their purely sexual attraction to one another seemingly lacking in warmth, is a recipe for disaster. Gunn Wållgren glitters as the temperamental painter. Ingmar Bergman´s deft touch is evident in the cutting dialogue.