Based on the novel by Herman Bang, about Tine experiencing the outbreak of the war in 1864, where she is to housekeep and take care of a mansion in wear time, while having a love affair with the master, while his wife is away.
Liv is a frankly sexual being. She finds herself in a series of sexual relationships with men who, she says, fall too much in love with her and become oppressive. Finally she meets a man ...