A young Canadian nurse (Betsy) comes to the West Indies to care for Jessica, the wife of a plantation manager (Paul Holland). Jessica seems to be suffering from a kind of mental paralysis as a result of fever. When she falls in love with Paul, Betsy determines to cure Jessica even if she needs to use a voodoo ceremony, to give Paul what she thinks he wants.。剧中表现的是中南艺术剧院在商品经济至上,话剧市场低迷,剧院面临消亡危机的背景下,一群视艺术为生命的艺术家在困境中的挣扎和对崇高艺术的执着坚守。。