货车司机雅克（让·迦本 Jean Gabin 饰）出生在一个有着酗酒历史的家族之中，他一直十分的自卑，觉得自己继承了家族劣质的基因。某日，在火车上发生了一起谋杀案，雅克是唯一的目击者，他在现场看到了同事的妻子萨维丽娜（西蒙妮·西蒙 Simone Simon 饰），但是出于私心，雅克并没有将这件事情告诉警察。　　这件事情让雅克和萨维丽娜一家人成为了好朋友，随着交往的深入，雅克渐渐爱上了萨维丽娜。为了能够和心爱的女人在一起，雅克怂恿萨维丽娜杀死她的丈夫，然而在最后时刻，萨维丽娜收手了。萨维丽娜的丈夫虽然震惊于妻子的所作所为，却依然无法摆脱对她的感情。

　　An intricately constructed, lyrical and heartbreaking film about two young men wrestling with their sexuality in the repressive English society of the 1920s.　　Told in elegant flashback, an institutionalised novelist recounts the story of his love affair with a friend, convinced their shared sexuality could be ‘cured’.　　Visually striking, beautifully acted and defined by a haunting mix of romanticism and unflinching horror, this bold film bravely examines a shamefully neglected period in queer history.