Based on the works of Jean Anouilh. The film, with a modern interpretation of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, deals with the eternal themes of life and death, loyalty and betrayal. Eurydice and Orpheus meet on the platform of a railway station along with other heroes of the film. Among them is Death, who kills Eurydice. Orpheus tries in vain to save Eurydice from the kingdom of death.