Libby Meredith and her husband Roger, a college professor, have a quiet, comfortable marriage. They journey to the Great Smoky Mountain region of Tennessee, where Roger will spend his sabbatical year writing a book. Their neighbor, an unhappily married mountain man falls in love with Libby at first sight. Although plagued by guilt, Libby cannot deny the sudden, overwhelming passion and exuberance she feels as a result of the mountain man's confession of love. Their brief, idyllic infatuation is interrupted by sudden violence. 丽维（英格丽·褒曼 Ingrid Bergman 饰）是一个非常美丽的女人，她和丈夫罗杰（安东尼·奎恩 Anthony Quinn 饰）结婚多年，夫妻两人一直十分的恩爱。罗杰是一名老师，最近，他打算写一本书，来总结一下自己漫长的教育生涯。于是，夫妻两人来到了一座偏僻但是宁静美丽的小镇中，打算在这里度过一段悠闲的时光。 入住没多久，罗杰就投入了写作的工作中去，留下丽维一个人每天在村子里闲逛。在这里，丽维结识了名叫维尔的男人。维尔热情的带着丽维在村里四处游览，还经常到丽维家拜访罗杰，随着时间的推移，维尔和丽维之间产生了不一样的感情，然而，当维尔向丽维诉说衷肠后，丽维拒绝了他。
