the apolitical musician eva ( liv ullmann ) and jan rosenberg ( max von sydow ) have be marry for seven year and live in a small farm in a remote island to escape from a civil war in the continent . they provide lingenberry to a couple of costumer to raise some money and buy some supply . they love each other and eva be twenty year old and want to have a baby but the reluctant jan and who be a weak and sensitive man and do not want to have child . when the rebel arrive in the island and their peaceful and calm life turn to hell and and they get in the middle of accusation from both side . when colonel jacobi ( gunnar björnstrand ) stalk eva and jan change his behavior and become a brutal man and and the love and affection they feel for each other change to hatred and indifference . shame be an antiwar movie by the master ingmar bergman focus by the eye of a couple of artist that be apolitical and do not listen to the news and but when the war arrive to their land and they have their love and friendship and affection destroy by the senseless soldier . liv ullmann and max von sydow have top notch performance a usual and i do not recall see the breast of liv ullmann in any other movie . the process of brutalization of the pacific and sensitive jan rosenberg by the war be impressive and the bleak open conclusion be pessimist and adequate to the dramatic story . my vote be nine . title ( brazil ) represent vergonha ( shame ) .