The young Rosanda is induced, because of a coveted inheritance, to submit to the sexual whims of her elderly and sick consort, not inclined to exhale the last breath. Waiting in vain for his death, the bride allows herself various diversions with partners of both sexes...
Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale, Cynthia yearns for something more conventional, while Evelyn tries to push their taboos even further.
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.