Against the grim backdrop of Ravenna's barren industrial wastelands brimming with flame-belching factories and deleterious chemical fumes, Giuliana, a deeply dejected young mother on the brink of a total existential breakdown, seeks solace in one of her neglectful husband's handsome associates, Corrado Zeller. Alienated after that horrible car accident and utterly disarmed by him, Giuliana shall embark on a hasty and shallow affair in the hope of overcoming the insurmountable obstacles of her profound, yet quiet mental anguish; however, her spiritual catharsis still seems so far away. In the end, is isolation Giuliana's only refuge?