Seducing Ingrid Bergman — Chapter 17

1. 1. Capa feels suffocated by Ingrid's demand for love and his own need to defend himself.
2. 2. Ingrid describes the plot of Arch of Triumph as 'passion versus duty,' where the hero refuses to marry the heroine, leading to tragedy.
3. 3. Capa finishes War and Peace and is overwhelmed with grief, feeling the loss of time between people who love each other.
4. 4. Capa struggles to write his commissioned book, feeling that his photographs already captured everything he wants to say.
5. 5. Capa understands that he numbs himself to avoid feeling too much, because sensitivity would expose him to terror and dread.
6. 6. Capa watches Ingrid's house at night and she lets him in briefly, but keeps the chain on and sends him away.
7. 7. Ingrid tells Capa she has decided to leave her husband Petter and wants to be with him, but Capa is skeptical.
8. 8. Ingrid accuses Capa of being a drunk and a gambler who doesn't take himself seriously, leading to a violent argument.
9. 9. Petter performs a kind act for a patient, but at home he struggles with his daughter Pia's questions about Ingrid's sadness.
10. 10. Ingrid watches home movies of her childhood, including footage of her placing lilies on her mother's grave at age three.
11. 11. Ingrid tells Petter she hates her life and feels capable of bad things, but denies being unfaithful when asked.
12. 12. Petter tells Ingrid she has no passion, and she recalls how he insisted she remain a virgin until their wedding night.