With their husbands' portraits before them, widows' suppressed desires explode from deep within. Having lost the men they loved and enveloped in profound grief, these women overcome their sense of loss and awaken to new pleasures. Before the altar, their emotional defenses shatter as passion surges uncontrollably. Relationships with neighbors become distorted, and through the loss of their husbands, they rediscover themselves. At the crossroads of sorrow and lust, a new chapter of life begins...