regards Anna. Elis comes back and Eva asks him why he has a nasty look. He says that he only gets upset by trivialities. Andreas and Anna are now living together at his house. Anna appears zealous in her faith and steadfast in her search for truth but gradually her delusions come to the surface. For his part Andreas is unable to overcome his feelings of anxiety and disconnection, further dooming his relationship with Anna. Throughout the film, an unknown person on the island is committing acts of animal cruelty, hanging a dog in a tree and violently killing sheep. A neighbour of Andreas (a loner who some regard as mentally disturbed) is suspected of these crimes. He commits suicide and the police bring a letter to Andreas where the poor man describes how he was beaten and humiliated by a group of men, after which he did not wish to continue living. One day Anna picks an argument with Andreas as he is chopping wood, causing him to lose control and, raising the axe, plunges it into the wooden wall close to her head. We don't know whether he really intended to kill her, as she screams and dodges it. At any rate, he proceeds to slap her around. Afterwards, as Anna lies in bed, two fire engines rush past the house, sirens wailing. Andreas follows them to the scene of the fire - a farm with livestock. When Andreas arrives he is told that the perpetrator has struck again, this time dousing a horse in petrol and locking it in and setting fire to the stable. The horse was burnt to death. It is now clear that Andreas' friend was innocent and unjustly persecuted. Anna shows up at the fire in her car. Andreas gets in. Anna drives but says nothing. Andreas insists they should speak the truth to each other. He reveals that he read the letter Anna's husband wrote, so he knows that she has lied about their being happy together. Anna appears to speed up the car. He asks if she is planning to kill him like she killed her husband and son. She drives off the road but he manages to lean across and help stop the car safely. Anna remains silent and Andreas tells her she is out of her mind, begging her to "say something". At last, he asks her why she