In the 1960s, a group of friends at an all girls school learn that their school is going to be combined with a nearby all boys school. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with everyday problems along the way.

伊丽莎白（金·贝辛格 Kim Basinger 饰）在一个艺术展览馆工作，她和前夫离婚不久，还被前夫纠缠，内心对爱既后怕又有着新的期待。华尔街经纪人约翰（米基·洛克 Mickey Rourke 饰）的狂烈追求，让伊丽莎白胆怯却又充满新鲜刺激。然而，约翰追求女子的伎俩高超娴熟，终令伊丽莎白沦陷，二人堕入天昏地暗的爱河当中。
这并不是一段平静简单的爱情。二人在情欲中流连，约翰却用令伊丽莎白难以接受的方式与她行事。伊丽莎白曾经一怒之下离开，却逃不过约翰一次次的苦苦相求。反反复复的纠缠和离合，让伊丽莎白的感情越陷越深，甚至约翰对她的施虐，也成为了她的心瘾。
然而，外面的世界充满阳光，来来往往的人们都过着平静正常的生活，伊丽莎白眼中溢满泪水，这次她真的决定要离开。

An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.

As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.