Liv Ullmann plays a stage actor Elisabet Voglerwho has inexplicably gone mute; an equally mesmerizing Bibi Andersson(Alma)is the garrulous young nurse caring for her in a remote island cottage. While isolated together there,the women undergo a mysterious spiritual and emotional transference. Shot in stark contrast and soft light by Sven Nykvist, the influentialPersonais a penetrating, dreamlike work of profound psychological depth.