Marie Dandin, a promising young concert pianist, leaves home to study at the prestigious Lyons National Conservatory. Shy and innocent, she moves in with her childhood friend Emma who has lived alone since the death of her father years earlier. The intimate bond that the two women share eventually develops into an intense affair. But as Emma grows more possessive and controlling, Marie struggles to reconcile her feelings of desire with the need to escape Emma’s suffocating passion.
