伊尼奥和罗莎是一对新婚夫妇，没想到他们结婚才几个月，西班牙内战爆发。伊尼奥作为亲共分子被弗朗哥独裁政府抓捕，在被押解的路上，伊尼奥想办法逃回了家中。为躲避再一次被捕，伊尼奥在罗莎的帮助下，藏身于自家的地洞里长达30年。...

　　A young woman falls in love with a famous novelist and travels with him to his home in Southern Italy. There, her obsession with the memory of his dead wife begins to consume her....