A young girl growing up in Bergen, Norway just after the 2nd world war, is trying to deal with the father's adultery and mother's deep depression, as she befriends a boy. This endangers her.

50 歲的她身材走樣、性事乾涸，面對丈夫外遇和自我匱乏，她頻生不祥念頭，死亡如影隨形，成為人生潛在的解脫。為了尋找出口，她重返家鄉，探訪兒時摯友，試圖從記憶與過往的情感中重新認識自己。當內在對自由與真實生命的渴望逐漸清晰，她是否有勇氣掙脫婚姻與社會角色的牢籠？