安东尼迪（卡琳娜·隆巴德 Karina Lombard 饰）和弟弟丹尼尔（Ben Thomas 饰）一起同母亲安妮特（雷切尔·沃德 Rachel Ward 饰）过着相依为命的生活，巨大的生活压力和拮据的经济状况让安妮特最终选择嫁给了一位冷酷的英国富商。一场奴隶暴动夺走了丹尼尔年轻的性命，安妮特接受不了打击，发了疯。见此情况，安东尼迪的继父安顿了安东尼迪和她的母亲后返回了英国，就此音信全无。 安东尼迪渐渐长大，为了继承继父的遗产，安东尼迪接受了继父为她安排的婚事，然而，痛苦的童年经历让安东尼迪的心灵饱受创伤，她几乎病态地害怕丈夫的背叛和抛弃。可是，越怕什么越来什么，当安东尼迪发现了丈夫和黑人女仆之间的奸情时，她崩溃了。

The love story between an Australian woman and a Balinese dancer. Maria McEvoy (Wendy Hughes) deals with the death of her beloved father and discovers her attorney husband George (Steven Jacobs) is a philandering louse in this romantic drama. At the suggestion of a friend, Maria takes a vacation in Thailand, where she falls for Raka (John Lone), an exiled dancer from Bali. She also wonders about the sexual ambiguity of fellow Australian Terry (Rod Mullinar), the expatriate who runs the vacation resort. The film gives Hughes ample opportunity to show the full range of human emotions in her role of the grieving daughter and wronged wife.