As a young man, Juan de Vere takes a job that will haunt him for the rest of his life. His employer is sophisticated film mogul Eduardo Muriel. Through him Juan meets Muriel's wife Beatriz, a highly sensual woman utterly neglected by her husband. And then there's Dr. Jorge Van Vechten, an old family friend with a shadowy past. But what role will Juan play in this unhappy home? A darkly smouldering tale of a young man entangled in his employer's unhappy marriage.