An anxious young tailor dominated by his father, a master of the craft, is eager to do well with his clients; but his inadequacy in measuring leaves him frustrated and humiliated. His younger sister - an expert seamstress - arrives back in town, discovers his measuring weakness and begins a cruel reign of terror over him, humiliating him endlessly in front of customers. Pushed to the edge, the young tailor heads down the nightmarish road to insanity and murder.

La course contre la montre d’un homme pour déjouer un attentat, en France : qui est-il, pour qui travaille-t-il, jusqu’où ira-t-il ? Autour de lui - avec ou contre lui - les services secrets, les terroristes, une journaliste, un infiltré.

在一次体检中，年轻的放射科医生贝努瓦遇到了学画解剖图的海伦娜，两人电光火石，干菜烈火，迅速投入了一场激情的罗曼史。可能是学业使然，海伦娜有一种特殊的能力，她能记住贝努瓦身体的每一个细节，而贝努瓦也被一股不可抗拒的好奇心驱使，要去发掘海伦娜身体内部的秘密，这场没有节制的感官探索究竟会把两人带往何处？