Emilia is a hairdresser in a provincial town. She dreamed of living in the capital. She plays the role of Madame Bovary in the amateur theater. Emilia identifies herself with her heroine. She must choose which man to be with - with a rich foreigner, with a bohemian director or with a loser husband. She decided to do what her heroine did-to poison herself. But the water in her apartment stops, and she can't swallow the pills.