Inexorable plot
After the overwhelming success of his debut novel, Marcel Bellmer has not been able to match that success. Years later and after a depression that completely knocked him out, he moves with his wife and daughter to the lavish estate of his recently deceased father-in-law. A young frail girl named Gloria is hired as a housewife. Gloria confuses Marcel to the depths of his soul. As soon as she moves into the building, Marcel revives. But as Gloria gets closer to him, Neville feels a terrible secret slowly coming to light.