Dr. Ben Rubin, a young Israeli intern 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 far off and remote village. The journey awakens in Ben an erotic passion to the 50 years old mother - dori, which threatens to destroy his tidy world.