Dr. Ben Rubin, a young Israeli internist vying for the position of surgeon, has been chosen to accompany Mr.Abraham Lazar, the hospital administrator and his wife, Dori a well established Tel-Aviv lawyer, on an urgent trip to india. With Dr.Ben’s help the couple is hurrying to retrieve their sick daughter, who is ailing in a Buddhist monastery in a remote village. The journey awakens in Ben an erotic passion for Dori – a 50 year old mother – that threatens to destroy his tidy world.