Liv Ullmann is something of a rarity in modern cinema: a celebrated actress who has achieved equal success in recent years for her work behind the camera (Sofie, Kristin Lavransdatter). Faithless is the latest of her many collaborations with director Ingmar Bergman. She performed in nine of Bergman's greatest films and now directs a Bergman screenplay for the second time. A sensation at last year's Cannes Film Festival, Faithless is a story of passion and infidelity based on a real event from Bergman's past. Lyrical and enigmatic, the film begins with a writer (Josephson), also named Bergman, who summons his muse in the form of a memory. Marianne (Endre) appears to the writer as he sits down to craft a script above a love affair of long ago. As they discuss ideas for the story, she is transformed into the main character of the film he is now writing. Filled with references to Bergman's films and life, Faithless is a timeless meditation on relationships between women, men, art, and love.