Uzi and his girl friend, Rutie, are sitting on the balcony of their home, talking.

xaxam gamliel, misxakey nisu'im

Gamliel, the sage and folk healer is anxious to marry off his daughter, but she refuses all his suggested suitors. |Gamlier sometimes knows more than he lets on but may not be up to handling the problem of his daughter. Is she actually under a spell? Is it true that a fatal curse awaits whoever marries her? The daughter goes through the film almost silent, her beautiful face often in mysterious close-up. Is she uncomprehending, or is she manipulative? She seems to be tearing her way toward the culmination of a Greek tragedy.