风流倜傥的小说家洛伦佐（Tristán Ulloa 饰）在遭遇创作瓶颈之际邂逅了自己的崇拜者露西亚（Paz Vega 帕兹•维嘉 饰）——一名在咖啡馆工作的女招待。她点燃了洛伦佐沉寂已久的激情，两人开始一段愉快刺激的同居生活。偶然机会，洛伦佐得知自己拥有一个女儿，那是他一年前在海边夜晚的所留下的艳遇结晶。自此他的心情重归浮躁，他私下寻找女儿，却将小说中的情节和现实混为一谈。 　　露西亚和洛伦佐的爱情开始出现龃龉，某晚在接到警察一通电话之后，她逃离这座压抑沉闷的城市，来到爱人曾经徜徉的海边……Lucía is a young waitress in a restaurant in the centre of Madrid. After the loss of her long-time boyfriend, a writer, she seeks refuge on a quiet, secluded Mediterranean island. There, bathed in an atmosphere of fresh air and dazzling sun, Lucía begins to discover the dark corners of her past relationship, as if they were forbidden passages of a novel which the author now, from afar, allows her to read.