Irene moves to Paris to begin a new life with her husband Jason and their two daughters, but an act of betrayal and her desire for revenge soon send her to the brink of madness.

• 相对于她的先生，美狄亚是异族，与杰森的婚姻关系不再，美狄亚便面临被驱逐的下场，被迫与子女分离。本片所观照的是从自古已存、但却直到近半世纪才被开始重视的后殖民、文化冲突议题。