To help a friend, Daniel Bricks, a young British engineer living in Portugal, goes to the country to inspect a water dam. On his way he meets Carolina, a sexy girl who could well be the woman of his dreams. Except that her behavior soon proves erratic and unpredictable. Except that she is just out of jail, which she is very careful not to tell him. In these conditions, it does not take long before sweet Carolina turns the young Englishman's life into a nightmare...