Defying the moral constraints of Victorian England and her parents, a young woman engages in unbridled promiscuity with two partners before setting out to capture the fuller sensuality of life itself. Based on the 1915 novel by D.H. Lawrence.

年青考古学家安格斯。在女朋友玛莉住的美斯农场附近，发掘了一个类似蛇的头骨，没多久，玛莉的父母失了踪，而住在村里的神秘女士西维亚，又从外面回来，她是蛇妖的化身，捉了玛莉的妹妹依芙，准备将她奉献给蛇妖。举行奉献仪式时，安格斯及时赶到，与蛇妖展开了一场决斗。

　　主要讲述了切尔诺贝利核电站发生严重事故和熔毁当天发生的事件。