Unrequited love and loneliness in an alien world push the Ballerina toward a nervous breakdown. She tries to lose herself in the merriment of Paris. But the ghosts of the past pursue her here, as well. The red flashbacks of the revolution, appearing as the Chekist in nightmarish inundation, do not give her peace. Nor can she forget herself in her favorite role as Giselle, in which the Ballerina always stunned audiences and won world fame.
Mirrors reflect the morbid consciousness of the Ballerina.
Madness seems to hold salvation, in the world beckoning from the other side of the mirror.