A middle-aged woman (Ingrid Bergman) is the wife of a university professor (Fritz Weaver) who is on sabbatical. She meets Cade (Anthony Quinn), a farmer, a mechanic, a handyman; he is uncomplicated, brimming with vitality and the opposite of her husband. Their affair is brief and cascading and when her husband's sabbatical is over, the woman is beset by conflict.
