Psychiater Carl Jung chce na mladej pacientke Sabine, ktorej diagnostikovali hystériu, vyskúšať experimentálnu liečbu pomocou psychoanalýzy. Sabina sa mu počas liečby prizná, že ju v detstve bil a ponižoval autoritatívny otec. To podporí Jungovu teóriu o prepojení sexuality a emocionálnych porúch. O svojich zisteniach s nadšením píše Sigmundovi Freudovi...
An emotionally challenged young man named Bobby runs away from home in order to escape his abusive stepfather who has killed his pets. He meets an old man, Mr. Summers, who spends his time traveling and giving burials to animals that have been killed by cars. Bobby, also having an affinity for animals, becomes friends with the old man and aids him in his task.