Hemda Horowitz is nearing the end of her life. As she lies in bed in Jerusalem, the present flickers in and out and memories from the past flood her thoughts: her childhood in the kibbutz spent under the disappointed gaze of her stern, pioneer father; the lake that was her only solace; and her own t[...]

When Ya'ara meets Aryeh, her father's boyhood friend, she is instantly drawn to him. She quickly forsakes her dovoted and well-meaning husband for him, but as their heated affair intensifies, Ya'ara finds that the things in Aryeh that attract her also repel her with equal intensity.[...]