 In a dream she sees herself returning home, tortured by loneliness and frustration and impulsively committing suicide.The story has a double climax, in which it appears that the imagined, the dream, has become real.”

Deren uses specific cinematic devices in this film to convey deeper meaning.In a particular scene, Deren is walking up a normal set of stairs, and each time she pushes against the wall, it triggers the camera to move in that direction, almost as if the camera is part of her body.