[1] An aging director (named "Bergman") conjures in his imagination the central character, Marianne.

Marianne had been happily married to Markus, an orchestra conductor, with a young daughter Isabelle.

Marianne asserts she sees David more as a brother; she eventually agrees they can sleep in the same bed in nightwear and without sexual relations.

Markus eventually reaches out to Marianne to meet him alone to settle the custody case, ostensibly for Isabelle's sake.

It opened on 22 screens in Sweden and grossed $104,615 for the week, ranking in sixth place at the Swedish box office.

In Norway, it grossed $53,455 for the week from 18 screens, ranking eighth at the Norwegian box office.