After his wife leaves him, David has 45 days to find a partner at a hotel or become an animal; he escapes, falls for a shortsighted loner, and must decide whether to surrender his sight so they can stay together.
- Scenes 1–15
David moves from his broken home into the hotel, where couplehood is imposed as the norm.
- Scenes 16–24
He must find a partner before the 45-day limit turns him into an animal.
- Scenes 25–62
He participates in the hunt, attempts a false match, then escapes into the woods.
- Scenes 63–84
He adapts to loner customs and cautiously begins a connection with Shortsighted Woman.
- Scenes 85–100
They build a secret language and plan to leave the loner community together.
- Scenes 101–118
The leader uses a promised operation to blind Shortsighted Woman and David retaliates to free her.
- Scenes 119–121
David and Shortsighted Woman leave the woods and reach town, returning to the public couple world.
- Just before
- Scene 120
They hide from the hotel coach on the road; she asks for a rabbit, while David insists they reach town without delay.
- Scene 121
At the restaurant, David checks Shortsighted Woman’s face and body, orders a steak knife, and says he will do it with the knife.
- Scene 122
In the toilets, David protects his clothes with paper towels and twice raises the knife toward his eye, unable to cut himself.
- Scene 123
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