A young nurse, Alma, is assigned to care for Elisabeth Vogler, an actress who appears to be healthy but refuses to speak. As they spend time together, Alma talks incessantly to Elisabeth, without ever receiving a reply.  

With Persona, Ingmar Bergman delivered one of the most radical and influential works of his oeuvre, in which he distilled his recurring themes of identity, silence, and human connection to their purest form.