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Tired of her boyfriend’s sexual indiscretions, Ingrid Bergman reluctantly begins an affair with a much younger man played by Anthony Perkins. The relationship is doomed from the start, of course, and everything ends in tears. Bergman is uncharacteristically manic in this movie. There’s a nice scene where she’s crying behind the wheel and turns on the windshield wipers to see better, even though it’s not raining. When she realizes what she’s done, her sobbing turns to laughter. It’s another good performance from one of cinema’s loveliest leading ladies.

Director Anatole Litvak indulges in conventions of the time, including several montages and a way-too-groovy ’60s soundtrack. It takes an irritatingly long time for Bergman and Perkins to finally hook up and the ending yields little surprise, but if you’re a fan of the leads as I am, Goodbye Again is worth a look.