老馬死在路旁，大人們忙於清理屍體，發現牠的七歲男孩看在眼裏，心緒不得不埋藏在焚屍烈焰背後。長大的他殺羊時割傷自己，在醫院開始看見異象，是大自然要給他啟示？抑或，心與物之間，在此世道已不得不失去平衡？

When Hay was seven years old, he found a dead horse in an open field and watched his father and other adults struggle to get rid of it. Unsure of this memory, he is nonetheless very influenced by this incident and, when he cuts himself during a sacrificial rite, everything comes flashing back. Step by step, Hay goes down an inevitable and spiritual path where he confronts the relationship between human and nature, the unity of matter and the living.

À l’âge de sept ans, Hay trouva un cheval mort dans un champ et regarda son père et les autres adultes batailler pour s’en débarrasser. Bien que ce souvenir soit flou, Hay est resté très marqué par l’incident et, lorsqu’il se coupe au cours d’un sacrifice rituel, ces images ressurgissent soudainement. Peu à peu, Hay s’enfonce sur un inévitable chemin spirituel, se confrontant à la relation de l’homme à la nature, à l’unité de la matière et du vivant.

Hay, yedi yaşındayken ölü bir at bulur. Bu büyüleyici keşifle ilgili gözlemleri ve yetişkinlerin artık sadece iskeletten ibaret olan ölü bedenden kurtulma çabaları onda derin bir iz bırakmıştır. Hay yirmili yaşlarına geldiğinde kurban bayramında koyun keserken yanlışlıkla elini keser.