Marco and carla are all manic-depressive poets whose art is fueled by their extremes. They wind up at the psychiatric clinic , when they move off their prescriptions. Their mania hastens Since their emotions stir . Despite doctors' and parents' attempts to distinguish them, they pursue their destructive although beautiful love which swings them from fantastical manic highs to depressive lows that are suicidal, until they must select from love and sanity.