Seducing Ingrid Bergman — Chapter 2

1. 1. The jeep jerks so much that keeping the camera lenses steady is a struggle during the liberation celebration.
2. 2. A girl on a bicycle lifts her skirt as she pedals, revealing her thigh, and she smiles, enjoying being looked at.
3. 3. The narrator thinks about what the end of the war means for him: fresh bread, cheese, oranges, soap, and the freedom to come and go without being shot at.
4. 4. The narrator meets a woman in a bar who says 'I like you' and later they sleep together in his hotel room.
5. 5. The woman tries on the narrator's helmet, and when a strand of her hair snags in the straps, he feels something take a deep scoop out of his chest.
6. 6. Ingrid Bergman reflects on her career: she feels an impostor has taken over her body, and after a standing ovation she can still yield to an impulse to run to the bathroom and cry.
7. 7. Ingrid accepts an invitation to entertain troops after the war to escape, rediscover herself, and breathe the reinvigorated air of freedom on faraway shores.
8. 8. Ingrid feels a primitive need to be with her daughter Pia as she sits in the airport, experiencing an ache that approaches a consumptive hunger.
9. 9. The narrator wakes up with a hangover, finds the woman gone, and checks his belongings; nothing is missing except a strand of her hair snagged in his helmet strap.
10. 10. The narrator takes a cold bath to cure his hangover, reflecting on his father who shot himself due to gambling debts.
11. 11. Ingrid gives an interview to The Times in London, saying she loves food but doesn't use make-up, and that acting chose her; without it she would stop breathing.