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Charles是一个成功的CEO，有一个漂亮的妻子和14岁的女儿。同时他和自己年轻貌美的女秘书还有婚外情。他的妻子Emily早就知情，却不愿意因此与Charles产生冲突。当Charles想与女秘书结束关系的时候，却遭到女秘书的起诉。当他的生活天翻地覆时，他才发现并不如 自己所想的自己才是掌控者…

The tragedy and comedy in Carlo's life begins, grows and ends like the tragedy and comedy of Portugal. In the company of his close friend, João da Ega, allegedly a brilliant writer, Carlos, with his idle existence as an aristocratic doctor, spends his time to enjoying friends and lovers. Until he falls in love. She is a new character in this revolutionary novel. It's a vertiginous passion that goes beyond that past gloominess to reach a new and darker abyss, incest.