温柔漂亮的卡米尔(帕斯卡·巴丝瑞 Pascale Bussières 饰)是神学院的老师,再过不久,她就要和她的同事兼未婚夫马汀(亨利·科泽尼 Henry Czerny 饰)走入神圣的婚姻殿堂。一次偶然之中,卡米尔和女演员派翠亚(Rachael Crawford 饰)相识了,为了将错拿的衣服还给派翠亚,卡米尔来到了后者所隶属的马戏团并观看了她的演出。 派翠亚的热情和奔放让卡米尔感到有些意外,对于派翠亚的亲近,卡米尔本能的回避着,内心里却并不感到厌恶。随着接触的增多,卡米尔和派翠亚越走越近,情投意合的两人难舍难分,最终越过了道德和伦理的界限,也就是从这时候开始,卡米尔本来稳定而坚固的世界开始崩塌。Camille and Martin are in love and teachers at a christian college; they get the opportunity to get a better job, but they would have to marry for that. But when Camille's dog dies, she recognizes that her love for Martin is not even as big as the love for her dog. After that, Camille gets to know Petra, and Petra falls in love with Camille. They meet again, but Camille is very unsure about her feelings. When Martin is away for a weekend, Camille and Petra meet in the Circus where Petra is working as an acrobat. They spend the night together, but Martin finds out about it and is shocked. He has an argument with Camille, and she goes burying her dog in the snow, and falls asleep...