A distant, desolate shore in a remote part of Ireland. Sarah, a lonely young sculptress, discovers a man washed-up on the water's edge. He is barely conscious but she manages to nurse him back to health and finds he suffers from amnesia.

When Sarah walks alone along the desolate beach one day she find an unconscious man, who has been brought to land by the waves. When he awakens he doesn't remember anything. He has no name and no past. His dependence lies on Sarah. A role that makes her forget her loneliness and she decides to therefore lie about their situation... She says that they are situated on an island, where no one can reach them. From now, his life lies in her hands.—Fredrik Klasson <[email protected]>

In Ireland, the lonely artist Sarah finds an unconscious castaway drowned at the beach with a broken leg. She brings him home and treats him. When he awakens, he has amnesia and can not remember who he is or what has happened to him. Sarah tells that they are isolated in an island and a boat will arrive with supplies only a couple of months later. However they are indeed in the continent but Sarah hides the location from the man. Along the days, she feels obsessed by him and she seduces him and they have a love affair. When he feels better, he decides to snoop around trying to leave the island. But the deranged Sarah will do anything to keep him with her.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A distant, desolate shore in a remote part of Ireland. A lonely young sculptress, Sarah (Anne Brochet), discovers a man (James Spader) washed-up on the water's edge. He is barely conscious but Sarah manages to get him back to her ramshackle wooden cottage, where she tends to his wounds and nurses him back to health. Suffering from amnesia, he demands to know where he is, but Sarah decides to distort the truth in an attempt to keep him on the island. She tells him they are on a remote island, reached only by supply boat every few months. This is the first of many deceptions as Sarah tries to keep her visitor captive. Alone together for days on end, the two soon become lovers. Though outwardly happy, both are troubled by anxiety. Sarah is tormented by the fear that he will find out the truth and leave her, whilst the Man becomes concerned by her clinging need for love and security. As times passes, the Man becomes increasingly anxious to leave, but the measures Sarah takes to ensure he stays are becoming increasingly more extreme.