A rare foray into television for Ingmar Bergman, this brilliantly made, disturbing film stars Frank Finlay in the story of a 70s middle-class marriage build on deceit and delusion.

Where do playwrights get their ideas from? George Salverson , the distinguished Canadian author of The Write-Ofi, took this story straight from life when a friend telephoned to say that he had lost his job but for six months had been too proud to tell anyone.