The movie starts with a montage that feels like Bergman accidentally spliced in his vacation footage and a Halloween horror reel. A spider? Check. A nail being driven into a hand? Sure. Oh, and don’t forget the eerie, random faces that appear for no apparent reason. But hey, if you’re into symbolic chaos, this part’s a riot.

Then we meet our main characters: Elisabeth (the silent actress) and Alma (the overly chatty nurse). Elisabeth decides one day, mid-performance, that words…

Luisa, in your eyes I see those of my beloved, of the woman I dreamed of, the one who is not with me today, the one I desire and think about every day, i hate him so much, because he has you, luisa, and… he’s too stupid stupid to love you as you deserve, maybe that’s why i hate him, maybe that’s why i hate this movie, because i did the same, i had my luisa, and i was not…