Plot Summary:One night at the cinema, Pierre reaches for out to take Anne's hand. She is annoyed and rebuffs him. He feels rejected. This moment begins the story of the disintegration of a couple... Pierre and Anne live in Paris with their two-year-old child Louis. After the night in the cinema it is clear that Anne is distracted and the small gulf between them seems to widen as time goes on. Lunches, evenings out with friends, there's obvoiusly something wrong. One night after a party, Anne tells Pierre that she is in love with another man. Although her confession is not surprising, Pierre's reaction is. He seems to accept it as a fact of life and refrains from asking the most burning questions. However, as Anne continues to see the other man, Pierre's feelings become more violent and it begins to dawn on them that some thing intangible has happened that can't be put right.
皮埃尔(丹尼尔·奥图 Daniel Auteuil 饰)和安妮(伊莎贝尔·于佩尔 Isabelle Huppert 饰)结婚数年,两人共同养育着他们的孩子,一家人看上去生活在幸福和美满之中,但是实际上,真相却要残忍的多。近日里,安妮的表现越来越奇怪,她避免和皮埃尔进行任何的身体接触,整日里心不在焉的不知道在想些什么,这引起了皮埃尔的警觉。 终于,安妮向皮埃尔坦白,说她爱上了另一个男人。皮埃尔深爱着安妮,决定不逼迫她做出任何的决定,但他的内心里却是痛苦和煎熬的。安妮频繁的外出,去和她深爱的男人约会,这令皮埃尔渐渐变得暴躁起来,夫妻两人之间的关系可谓是千钧一发。