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This symbolic drama follows a young man after he leaves his village. Believing he has killed a man in an auto accident, he skips town and takes a job in a power plant where he meets a variety of characters. Old war veterans use their experiences as excuses not to work. Free-spirited dancing girls turn on the charm until a richer man comes along. A dying man befriends the younger man for personally selfish reasons. The young man gets a belly full of the adult world, complete with the lying, pettiness and general distrust of his fellow so-called human beings.