最糟糕的选择是不选择。一位已婚女人发现自己成为了自己生活被动的旁观者。她的生活进入了一种无限轮回之中。一边是控制狂丈夫和令人失望的中产阶级婚后生活，一边是谜一样的陌生人试图说服她曾经在这个酒店有过一段外遇。影片还不时穿插着她的童年回忆——她的小姐妹正要喝滚烫的水，而知情的她却无动于衷没有劝阻她。She's always sitting there with her husband. He's always getting up to take a meeting. The other man always comes and sits, the stranger, who always insists on his account of their past affair, and every time he does, it's more convincing.