With little knowledge of cinema, François writes reviews for a small local weekly in the Vallée de Joux. Rosa is a well-known critic working for a benchmark-setting daily newspaper. When an unlikely kinky relationship develops between the two of them, it leads François to discover the inner workings of desire: desire of a woman, of a critic, and ultimately of his own. Lionel Baier’s erotic, psychological romance examines sexual
power dynamics through the lens of film criticism.