The young trapeze artist Alma is part of the show of a miserable traveling circus. In an act of desperation, Alma commits incest with her father, a sick clown obsessed with the woman who abandoned them. Determined to have his child, Alma leaves the circus and joins a group of preachers led by...
Every morning, the maid tidies up the lord's room; Every morning the man watches her through the keyhole; Every morning she builds a story of submission and power.
