40岁的Erika Kohut（伊莎贝尔·于佩尔 Isabelle Huppert 饰）表面上是一个优雅的钢琴老师，外形独特、气质出众，但对学生却无比严厉。一切都是她面对自己的母亲无休止的折磨——专制又无理，令Erika的各种欲望都无法发泄。Erika每每躲在厕所用剃刀伤害自己以求快感，嗅着内裤上的味道以发泄欲望，还去租看色情录像带。于是当18岁英俊冲动的Walter（伯努瓦·马吉梅 Benoît Magimel 饰）闯进她的生活时，一切都改变了。他们互相需索互相慰藉，Erika以为她终于找到了自己的幸福，然而年少的Walter有一日厌倦了这种关系......

Angelina Maccarone's intense drama deals with the obsessive relationship between a confused teenager and an elder woman. Elsa Seifert successfully works as probation officer, but the relationship to her longtime companion is in trouble since their common daughter moved out. Then she gets to know Jan, a 16-years-old offender, who frankly offers to submit himself sexually to her. Although being shocked in the beginning, Elsa gets more and more attracted by the young man...

一位30多岁的纽约犹太妇女在卧室里练习虐恋的艺术，并在工作和家庭中尝试驾驭支配与臣服的动态关系。

Oddballs dancing, leering at camera, guy shaving a nontraditional part of his body and man ripping his own throat out, woman stabbing herself to death.