The most obvious version of the "Ibsen triangle". In a society that lives within conventional falsehood, the institution of family is primarily shaken due to the miscommunication among people.

Edna, the daughter of a general, who leads a suffocating married life, encounters once again her old and only true love. Her confrontation with memories as well as prospects for the future leads Edna into a complete deadlock, from which she emerges in the painful way chosen by the desperate.