Loving girlfriend, family fortune, breakout movie role he's got it all. Until an app awakens a powerful new yearning. While in Rome to shoot his first movie, Niccolò becomes obsessed and sent into a self-destructive spiral.

马丁（卢卡·马里内利 Luca Marinelli 饰）降生在贫困的家庭傍边，没有上过几年的学，如今和姐姐过着相依为命的日子，并且成为了一位整天漂流在茫茫大海之上的船员。一天，马丁相逢了名为爱莲娜（杰西卡·塞西 Jessica Cressy 饰）的令媛大小姐，爱莲娜将法国诗人波德莱尔的诗集借给马丁看。马丁这辈子历来都没有看过如许的文字，一会儿便被深深…