通过从未公开过的私人镜头、笔记、信件、日记以及对她的孩子和前同事的采访，《英格丽·褒曼——用她自己的话说》呈现了一位瑞典年轻女孩的个人肖像，并让人一睹她成为美国电影界最受爱戴和称赞的女演员之一的非凡人生的幕后花絮。

The famous writer Bernard travels to a small town nearby a lake to spend vacation out of season in the winter. He check in an old hotel owned by Enrico and his daughter Irma expecting to meet the maid Tilde, from whom he had a crush last time he visited the town. However, he discovers that Tilde has committed suicide and when he meets the local photographer, Bernard learns that she was pregnant. He becomes obsessed to find whether she really committed suicide and to guess what really happened. When Enrico's son Mario and his wife Adriana arrive at the hotel, Bernard has daydreams about the fate of Tilde.