It is about an unmarried young couple, intensely in love, escaping to a small town to live together, defying the conventional norms and coming to grips with the harsh realities of life and living, which turns their dream into a nightmare. The struggle between the ideal and the real, love and the fear of losing the object of love, the crisis of conscience caused by the pressure of mundane needs, bring to the fore the human predicament, the spiritual degeneration of man – a theme which recurs in his later films too.
A story about a young, unmarried couple deeply in love who flee to a small town to live together, defying societal expectations and confronting the harsh realities of life. Their dream turns into a nightmare as they struggle with the clash between their ideal and reality, the tension between love and fear of losing their partner, and the pressure of mundane needs that lead to moral dilemmas and spiritual decline – a theme also explored in his later films.