Benedetto is a child who came out of an accident uninjured on his first communion's day. The people of his village attribute that to a miracle and made him undergo a strict religious upbringing. That fact will determine his life, which will be affected by inner torment caused by the confrontation between sexual desires and sacrifices of faith, sin and grace.

曼达列城主马克西姆（阿莱西奥·博尼 Alessio Boni 饰）的妻子瑞贝卡（Isabella Briganti 饰）去世了，深爱妻子的马克西姆一直没能够从丧妻的阴影里走出来。一次偶然中，马克西姆结识了名为詹妮弗（克里斯蒂安娜·卡波通蒂 Cristiana Capotondi 饰）的女子，温柔美丽的詹妮弗渐渐抚平了马克西姆心中的伤痕，最终，马克西姆决定同她携手步入婚礼的殿堂，将詹妮弗带回了曼达列城。
这座阴森的古堡给马克西姆和詹妮弗之间的爱情蒙上了阴影，对瑞贝卡非常忠诚的家庭教师将詹妮弗视为敌人处处排挤刁难令詹妮弗十分心累。与此同时，詹妮弗也对瑞贝卡的真正死因产生了好奇。