The Holy Week, somewhere around 1900, Romania. The tense relationship between the Jewish innkeeper Leiba and Gheorghe, his servant, reaches a boiling point which brings their separation. Proud and violent, Gheorghe promises Leiba revenge on Easter night. The threat of Gheorghe, in the anti-semitic environment of the Romanian village at the beginning of the 20th century, distresses Leiba. His psychological slip transforms him from victim to aggressor.