In a kind of passing of the baton from one Bergman actor to another, Gunnar Björnstrand plays a pastor struggling with a crisis of faith even as he tries to minister to Max von Sydow, playing a severely depressed parishioner. Justly renowned as one of Bergman's best films, this austere portrait of a man's crisis of faith also boasts some of Sven Nykvist's most strikingly beautiful cinematography. Profoundly moving, Winter Light is shot through with human warmth despite the wintry setting and the severity of the theme.