Charles Dujardin - psychiatrist - starts losing his precious sense of control when Lotte, a seductive and promiscuous client offers her confession. Since the death of her controlling husband she feels liberated. She gets back at him by seducing men indiscriminately. She shamelessly flirts with Charles. A stronger man would spot the trauma and resist. But Charles is not a strong man. Her story takes hold of his mind. After his ailing wife is sped off to the hospital Charles grows obsessed with Lotte. He starts losing control of his mind. Reality and fantasy start mixing. An ethical commission starts asking difficult questions. There's been a complaint. An official investigation is started. But he didn't do anything wrong. Did he?
"If we don't control our urges there will be trouble", psychiatrist Charles Dujardin explains to a young boy who attacked a girl in his class. But when Charles starts treating a fascinating, seductive female client his own self control is put to the test. His growing obsession with her causes him to start losing his grip on reality.