富商恩里克(Ferdinando Sarmi 饰)雇佣了私家侦探卡洛尼(Gino Rossi 饰)调查妻子宝拉(露西娅·波塞 Lucia Bosé 饰)的行踪。随着侦探调查的深入,宝拉的初恋情人圭多(马西莫·吉洛提 Massimo Girotti 饰)渐渐浮出水面,随着圭多而来的,还有一个隐藏多年的秘密。 原来,圭多曾经的恋人乔伊(Marika Rowsky 饰)亦是宝拉的好友,三人陷入了一场暧昧的三角关系之中。在一场意外中,乔伊不幸去世,而宝拉和圭多也就此分道扬镳。如今,圭多和宝拉重逢,熊熊燃烧的爱火在两人之间死灰复燃。然而,宝拉既放不下如今荣华富贵的生活,却又向往同圭多真挚火热的感情,一时之间,她陷入了两难的选择之中。Paola (Lucia Bose) is the beautiful and jealously-guarded younger wife of a shady factory owner, Enrico Fontana (Ferdinando Sarmi). In order to investigate her romantic history he hires a private detective, which ironically brings Paola back into contact with former lover Guido (Massimo Girotti), with whom she resurrects a lost passion. Dogged by the suspicions of their respective mates, they are drawn closer to each other in the face of adversity, and begin to plot Enrico's demise. But when the challenge of being together falls away, will the passion start to wane? A masterpiece of intensity and finely-wrought emotion.