Amok

Whenever people are released from their societys constraints there is the possibility that they will behave badly at least according to the rules of the society they have left behind This seems to have been particularly the case for Europeans living in colonial establishments in Africa and Asia In this drama based on a story by Stefan Zweig Dr Steiner Andrzej Seweryn was caught with his fingers in the till at a German hospital Rather than prosecute him they gave him the option of emigrating elsewhere He chose to serve at a clinic in a remote part of Portuguese Goa He has been on his best behavior for years but when the beautiful wife Fanny Ardant of a diplomat comes to him asking for an abortion he is tempted to ask for sexual favors in return and his life swiftly goes out of control