Marian lives in a world of specters. She is devoted to her research on ghosts in Qu b cois literature to the exclusion of nearly everything else, including her husband. When an after-hours encounter at a conference sparks an uncomfortable attraction to her professor, R my, the ghosts of her research begin to haunt her-all too literally. As his flirtation with Marian becomes a full-blown affair, R my wonders if he's courting his own demise...