A couple, a military captain and his wife Alice, a former actress, are preparing to celebrate their silver anniversary--25 years of living together in a place they have nicknamed "Little Hell." Inevitably bound together yet yearning for escape, the two spend their empty days amusing themselves by matching wits, their verbal jousts spinning a web of twisted emotion. A visitor from their past suddenly reenters their lives. Will he offer them freedom from their empty lives or fall victim to their wicked game?