一个年轻的意大利女人在丈夫去世后，前往后者的度假屋去处理相关事宜，结果爱上了屋子的管理者。然而原本看似美好的恋情，却为她带来了悲惨的结局。

A young woman falls in love with a famous novelist and travels with him to his home in Southern Italy. There, her obsession with the memory of his dead wife begins to consume her.