马丁（托马斯·海因茨 Thomas Heinze 饰）是一位非常聪明的年轻人，一次，他夸下海口，声称能够赢过魔鬼，谁知道刚好被路过的魔鬼听到。魔鬼和马丁打了一个赌，没想到马丁居然赢了，魔鬼骗马丁说奖品在地狱，于是，马丁便跟着魔鬼踏上了前往地狱的旅途。
途中，马丁遇见了一对双胞胎姐妹——白之花和黑之花。她们都是魔鬼的女儿，但是个性却大相径庭。魔鬼为了考验马丁，给他出了三道难题。然而，马丁凭借着自己的智慧和白之花给予的帮助一一将它们化解。在此过程中，马丁和白之花之间产生了真挚的感情，两人决定私奔。愤怒的魔鬼带着黑之花一路尾随追杀。

Pantheon filmmaker Carlos Saura bounced back from a handful of failures with 1989's La Noche Oscura (The Dark Night). Juan Diego stars as San Juan de la Cruz (St. John of the Cross), the legendary 16th-century poet-prophet. Galvanized into action by the spirit of Santa Teresa de Jesus, San Juan fought to install reforms in the Carmelite Order. Like many another visionary, he was regarded as a heretic, and promptly subjected to the most appalling of tortures. Writer-director Saura manages to draw several parallels between the religious persecution of the 1700s and the political despotism of Fascist Spain.

A mix of characters and actions create only a semblance of a plot in this confusing tale of intrigue, undefined crimes, and incest. A newspaper reporter is working on a story about a criminal serving time in jail. He interviews the prisoner, has an affair with the criminal's daughter, and also spends some time in bed with his editor's wife. His amorous life is an adjunct to his searching out the details of the prisoner's case -- though tragedy strikes before the journalist can wrap everything up. In the meantime, it becomes clear that the daughter and imprisoned father had an incestuous relationship, raising more questions than answers.