Synopsis
Osvald and Rita, a successful academician with his young wife and former secretary go to live away from city sprawl on a small island and enjoy their idyllic marriage.Suddenly, a young man Tarmo appears from the sea.
Rita suggests from the outset that he's her ex, and the handsome Tarmo begins to capture her fancy, much to Osvald's chagrin.
The ensuing bad seas trap the three on the island, and both Tarmo and Osvald and Rita are aware of the situation between the three.
Constrained in one place, Tarmo and Osvald become in time more acquainted with one another: Tarmo shows that he's familiar with Osvald's work, but also critical; while Osvald realises that Tarmo is intelligent, he does not let Tarmo know this, and chooses to taunt him back.
Still harboring feelings for Rita, and believing that Osvald stole her from him, Tarmo encourages Rita to bring out her youthful streak in order to woo her to his side.
Rita's is only able to interpret Tarmo's encouragement of youthfulness in one way, but begins instead to let out her primal self, which turns for the worse.
Alone with Osvald, Tarmo lets slip that Rita has a child from before their marriage, and confides further that he doesn't know if he wants to raise another man's child.
Rita's deteriorating conduct has turned her restless, then uncontrollable, cruel and indifferent.
Tarmo sees that Rita is unable to handle herself in a critical situation, and realizes that she's not intelligent enough to do so in the first place, and therefore not really worthy of his attention.
Having made up his mind, Tarmo leaves the island.
(In the interim, Tarmo and Osvald appear to have resolved their dispute, as Osvald is more willing to put up with the restless Rita than Tarmo, who, as a young man, has more choices before him.)
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