本片改编自玛格丽特·杜拉斯的同名小说。薇拉·巴尔斯泰尔（克劳迪恩·嘉贝饰）是一个冷淡疏离的三十多岁女人。她独自坐在蒂永维尔的别墅里，考虑着是否要用出轨的丈夫让·巴尔斯泰尔的钱租下这栋房子。随后她接连被两个女人拜访，一位是他丈夫的情妇，因为经常听到让提起薇拉而好奇，另一位则是在当地的酒吧听到薇拉的名字而觉得有趣的陌生女子…

Nicole, nurse in Grenoble, is raped one night by four men. Deeply scarred, emotionally and physically, she thinks she will never recover from the trauma. Following a friend's advice, she decides to file a lawsuit.