故事是这样的：1984年的法国，一位名叫克里斯托弗·皮尔逊的男人在乡村旅途中偶遇一对姐妹花——弗兰克和弗朗西斯，继而卷入与迷人女郎莫德的神秘交往。Christopher Pearson与Sophie Favier的对手戏并不依赖台词推进，而是在长镜头中通过眼神与身体滞留完成情绪渗透，尤其是Favier饰演的Maud在自我暴露与伪装之间的摇摆，恰是影片对“放荡”一词最微妙的解构。这片子拍得真挺有味道的，镜头慢悠悠的，像在午后阳光里发呆，画面的色调有点旧照片那种昏黄感，配上那个年代特有的电子配乐，整个调调特别慵懒又暧昧。查尔斯·博蒙特和珍妮弗·因奇演活了那种既想靠近又彼此试探的微妙感，苏菲·法维耶饰演的莫德则像一阵捉摸不定的风。Christopher Pearson饰演的男性角色始终处于被审视的位置，与Sophie Favier所饰Maud的游移眼神形成微妙权力反转。Christopher Pearson饰演的丈夫有一种令人不安的平静，他盯着妻子时像在欣赏一幅会碎裂的画；而Sophie Favier的表演尤其精准——她偷情时连睫毛的颤动都带着负罪感。

　　Charlie, a young aristocrat in turn of the century England, meets a boy named Frank on the road to Portsmouth. What Charlie doesn't realize is that Frank is actually Frances, who's donned a disguise to escape working at a brothel. Charlie takes Frank/Frances into his home, and when he discovers her true identity, the two become lovers. He sends her to London to be trained by his mistress in the art of sex, but she learns much more about her identity as a woman. Before the opening credits, explicitly on-screen it reads: "Based on the famous Victorian erotic novel by an anonymous writer".