Overview

Among the strangers waiting for a late train to the city are a young girl and young man. She is full of fantasies about making a place for herself in a world of brave but hopeless dreams. He has no illusions about the grim and mortal destination. A stranger from the girl's past arrives and it becomes apparent that her history is illusory. Others are drawn into the vortex of her future, but it is the young man who, being most willing to help, finds his own future reoriented. At last, the philosophical ticket agent announces the arrival of the train.