Set in New Orleans, Zandalee (Erika Anderson) is a boutique owner feeling trapped in a sexually unfulfilling and stagnant marriage with her husband, Thierry (Judge Reinhold), a poet-turned-corporate executive suffering from impotence. When Thierry's intense, bohemian painter friend Johnny Collins (Nicolas Cage) re-enters their lives, Zandalee begins a volatile and passionate extramarital affair with him. The obsession quickly escalates into a dangerous web of jealousy, guilt, and tragedy.