A tightly contained psychological drama set in a remote Sardinian hill village traces the emotional turmoil of a peasant mother and her son, a young parish priest, once the product of her sacrifices. When a solitary woman enters the parish, the son’s suppressed human desires clash with his clerical vows, and the mother confronts terror, devotion, and a new empathetic questioning of religious strictures. Over the course of two intense days the narrative maps internal conflicts, communal superstitions, and quiet domestic detail, culminating in an inevitable, tragic resolution shaped by love, conscience, and social law.