Judith, a bitter widow who lives on an isolated farm, unexpectedly meets a stranger looking for help. The man ran out of gas on the way to his mother's funeral. Judith, unable to help, asks him to go but surprisingly the man decides to stay. When the man lingers at the farm his presence becomes increasingly menacing. Judith repressed sexual desire, ignited by the presence of the man, starts to haunt her daily life. The rising tension forces Judith to flee the house into the woods where she will start a journey into herself. The Book of Judith has the distinctive appeal of a '21st century Judith,' with modern obsessions rooted in an archetypical story.