Berenice is a happy girl in perfect health condition with an astonishing beauty that matches her joy of living. She enjoys life playing in the fields, barefoot, were she runs and have fun with an open smile. Egeu instead never shows his teeth. Weak and depressed he spends his days at the old family house's office, which still reveals the memory off ancient wealthy days through many engravings and books, his only mean of communication with the world. From the encounter between these two characters a sick relationship grows, finally arriving in a tragic end for both.