In a dark room, a woman who cannot tolerate even the faintest beam of light seeping through the window makes escape plans with a friend on the other end of the phone. The flight to Buenos Aires departing from Copenhagen in the early morning hours is her ticket to freedom, yet she does not want to go. In this early dramatic work, Lars von Trier brings to the screen, with keen observation, the suffocating silence of dimly lit interiors and the unease brought on by the approaching dawn. The woman’s hesitation, as she waits in the parking lot with her suitcase in hand, is mirrored by the silhouettes of migrating birds against the dark sky. As time drags on, the weight of that step she must take at dawn fills the entire room.