Two weeks after returning from the war in Europe, veteran Tony Moretti is a man physically and mentally unraveled. Haunted by a shattering back injury and the trauma of combat, he spends his nights numbing his pain with rye and lashing out at his wife with paranoid accusations of infidelity. While his young daughter watches in silent fear, Tony struggles with the agonizing shame of no longer being the strong provider his family remembers. This poignant domestic drama captures a single, tension-filled evening as a family navigates the "eggshells" of a home where the war has never truly ended, leaving a broken man clinging to his wife as his last connection to humanity.