Milwaukee, in 1920s: Stymied in her marriage to her wealthy but boorish husband Fred, sultry and seductive Dolly keeps her young "love slave," Otto, hidden away in her attic for years. But when Otto shoots Fred dead, she tries to pass it off as a robbery gone awry, a claim that doesn't sit well with Chief Detective Herman, who tenaciously pursues the case. She moves to Los Angeles, where she uses her ill-gotten insurance money to live the high life among the Hollywood fast set At one of her parties, she meets Herman, a prominent Los Angeles defense attorney, who is quickly smitten with the seductive newcomer. After a torrid affair, he proposes to her, who ecstatically accepts. All along, she keeps Otto a slave and a closely-kept secret in her life. But her seductive wiles may ultimately backfire on her, as the jealous Otto realizes that he would rather face the full penalty of the law than one more day of her manipulation and betrayal.
安德(格扎·莫桑伊 Géza Morcsányi 饰)在一家屠宰场担任着财务总监的职位,他没有朋友,没有恋人,每天独来独往,早已经习惯了这样孤单的生活。一天,安德的屠宰场里新来了一名质检员名叫玛利亚(亚历山德拉·博尔贝伊 Alexandra Borbély 饰),虽然安德自认为自己的性格已经足够内向了,但玛利亚比他还要“社恐”,她不仅有着交流障碍,还患有强迫症,对除了工作以外的人际交往避之而不及。
随着时间的推移,玛利亚渐渐吸引了安德的注意,因为表面看似疏离的两人,共同保守着一个秘密——每天夜里,他们都会做同样的梦,这个秘密的存在渐渐拉近了他们之间的距离。