After librarian Isolde attempts suicide, she leaves her politician husband for a younger student with a dark past. Isolde's former husband, however, has something else in mind for the young man.
Drama om kvinden Isolde, som efter et selvmordsforsøg beslutter sig for at forlade sin mand, der er politiker. På biblioteket, hvor hun arbejder, træffer hun en lidt naiv student. Det bliver dog en mere moden og mandig type, Isolde forel...