Upper Austria in 1750       A fish pond reflects the overcast sky       A deep, dark forest swallows the sunlight       On a hilltop, the corpse of a hanged woman is displayed       As an example       A warning       An omen? The deeply religious and highly sensitive Agnes regards the dead woman with pity       But also with longing: she feels like a stranger in the world of her husband Wolf, whom she has just married       It is an emotionally cold world consisting of work, chores and expectations       Agnes increasingly withdraws into herself       Her internal prison becomes ever more oppressive, her melancholy more overwhelming       Soon, her only way out seems to be a shocking act of violence