Cristiano, well-off of a certain age, lives alone in a house between the moors and the sea on the Sardinian coast, she loved dearly by Ghiana, a peasant married. The arrival in the farmhouse near the young and charming Sara, who takes care of the mentally ill husband, upsets the life of Cristiano and his relationship with Ghiana, arousing in him love and anguish.—Ulf Kjell Gür