Passion knows no boundaries... A psychiatrist's wife encounters one of her husband's charges an inmate at a maximum security asylum in the outskirts of London. Her curious attraction to this man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife grows stronger as he's placed on the job to restore the asylum's conservatory mere steps from her home. Adapted for the screen by Patrick Marber (Closer) based on the novel by Patrick McGrath.