Bergman'sfirstmaturefilmisapoeticevocationofmemoryandloss.Ayoungballerinafallsinloveandtheyspendanidyllicsummertogetheronanisland.TheiraffaircomestoasuddenandtragicendbutitslegacyremainsinMarie'slife.Maj-BrittNilssonastheballerinaisutterlybeguiling,hereyesalivewiththefreshnessofyounglove.