ChangHye-ryun,anOrientalpaintingartistlivinginLosAngeles,meetsMarianne,apsychoanalyst.MarianneisenthralledwithHye-ryun'spaintingsandhermysteriousbehavioranddecidestolearnpaintingfromher.Hye-ryungoestoapartywithMarianneandmeetsamannamedCharles.Ontheirwaybackfromtheparty,Hye-ryunandMariannearekidnappedandrapedbyagroupofmen.MariannetreatsHye-ryunwhoissufferingfromaseverecaseofshock.Hye-ryunisabletofunctionnormallywiththehelpofMarianne.MariannelearnsthatHye-ryunhadbeensexuallymolestedbyherstepfatherwhenshewasyoung.Charles,meanwhile,confesseshisfeelingstoHye-ryun.WhenHye-ryuntriestoreturntoKorea,Mariannebeginstounderstandhertruefeelings.