Paul Newman directs this 1960s drama starring Joanne Woodward as a school teacher who yearns to explore her independence and inner desires. Rachel Cameron (Woodward) is single and living with her overbearing mother. Now in her mid-30s, she is yet to have a meaningful sexual encounter or meet a man she can plan a future with.

After a run-in with her childhood friend Calla Mackie (Estelle Parsons), Rachel attends the local church where it is hoped she will have a spiritual awakening, but something else stirs within her...