Where I've never been to live, Francesca's emotional conflicts, 50, is the only daughter of a famous Turin architect, to whom she visits only on rare occasions. For many years, Francesca lives in Paris with her teenage daughter and her husband Benoît, a financier on her sixty, apparently reserved but paternal and protective about her. Due to a domestic accident that forces the elderly father to bed, the woman flees to Turin to take her parents in the design of a villa on a lake for a young couple. At work he meets architect Massimo, his peer-minded career and engaged in an open relationship with independent Sandra. After a tough first approach, Massimo and Francesca create a strong professional tune that leads to a deep and passionate feeling. For the first time in life, both will have to really confront themselves and their most authentic destinies ...

迪諾和安娜他們彼此激烈相愛，但他們不是一般傳統關係的夫妻，它們之間從來就沒有發生性關係，他們都有各自不同對象和性經歷的關係。迪諾有著複雜多變的性格，因為他有一個痛苦難忘的童年，自幼他的兄弟自殺，隨後他的母親又拋棄了他，迪諾彷彿是在愛神和罪惡之間的尖銳對比，因而產生精神分裂的痛苦。

26岁的瓦莱丽亚是个保守而孤独的女孩。她在都灵做翻译员，生活平淡，除了一个她暗恋的男子马西莫。马西莫搬去罗马后，她决心也跟着他离开都灵。一路上，她得知马西莫的女朋友弗拉维娅，而一次意外使得两个女孩变得亲近。很快，瓦莱丽亚了解到马西莫和弗拉维娅这对完美情侣的形象原来是虚假的。马西莫转而向她示爱，而她却婉拒好意，专心投入到自己的小说创作中，追寻另一段无疾而终的恋情……