After an eight-year prison sentence for murder, Tajuro chooses to start a new life as a barber in a small town which offers perfect isolation from his fears.

As a favour to the town priest he agrees to help a young woman with a troubled past by offering her a job as his assistant. However, when he least expects it, her past is about to collide with his. Winner of the '1997 Palme d'Or' at the Cannes Film Festival.