What makes us return again and again to images of medieval torment? Perhaps we see the beauty and strength of a person, as well as his helplessness in the face of circumstances to which he sometimes has to surrender. The heroine of the film undergoes the ancient Japanese torment "ishidaki". With her hands tightly tied behind her back, she sits on her knees on the wet, cold stones. She is completely naked and helpless in the rain and cold wind. The stones dig into her shins and ankles, and their pressure increases many times under the load.
