After some years of tension, Richard (Clive Owen) begins a sexual relationship with his sister Natalie (Saskia Reeves). Now married, the relationship proves dangerously obsessional. Their private intensity (& working class origins) contrast with the middle-class, inhibited, stuffy public scenes we see in the Richmond world into which Natalie has moved with her marriage. As the ...

　　一个美国人Matthew Barnes跑到英国来走马上任，负责接待他的John Gissing从Matthew下飞机就开始故意放他的鸽子，于是，Matthew开始了一场寻找之旅。终于Matthew找到了John并且发现自己是被玩了，于是反过来又把John整蛊了一番。