The first of three Ingmar Bergman dramas showing this week, starring Harriet Andersson and Gunnar Bjornstrand.
A novelist rejoins his family for their summer holiday on a lonely island in the Baltic. But his cold manner has a disastrous effect on the health of his mentally ill daughter, whose condition becomes worse despite the attentions of her doctor husband.
(In Swedish with English subtitles)
(1961, 15) (Black and white)
(Winter Light is shown tomorrow at 12.20am)
See Films: pages 50-55 ****