The story concerns the sexual awakening of a young woman who is the daughter of a socially conservative and religious Danish couple. As the daughter begins her self discovery she is drawn away from the control of her parents and their repressive attitudes. At one point, she examines herself in front of a mirror in a scene that contains partial nudity. As this self examination became more pleasurable, an older woman sitting behind us whispered to her husband in dismay, "She's masturbating!" It seems that the subject was far more shocking than what was revealed.