An obsession with a book about sexual submission leads Ashley to the door of its mysterious author and opens her eyes to the possibilities of BDSM. All is not as it seems for Ashley and her friends in this tale of erotic awakening.
In wartime France, pharmacist Eliane begins an affair with her shop assistant Armand, but she soon becomes dominated by him. He demands more and more from her, humiliating her and putting her family at risk.