The story of Susanna is told flashing back and forth between thoughts and times, in order for the view to appreciate the fractured thoughts going on through her mind.  Susanna attempts suicide with a bottle of aspirin followed with a bottle of vodka and later explains that she had a headache.

The attempt ended her up in a mental institution trying to put her mind back together.  She meets and befriends several other patients each who make an impression on her.  How much of their problems will she take into herself?

It's a very long, drawn out movie, and I found it very difficult to sit through.  But then again, I'm much more of a blow things up type person.  It's defiantly a movie you have to sit and watch because a lot of the story is told visually instead of through dialog.