Martin has been blind since birth. He is a reckless loner who takes photographs to compensate for his blindness. His housekeeper Celia is obsessed with him, she desires him. He knows it and humiliates her for it. She, however, uses the power his blindness gives her by playing with him. But when Martin accidentally meets Andy, a kitchen helper, in a restaurant, everything changes. A special friendship develops between the two men. Andy deals openly and creatively with Martin's disability.
Martin trusts him and lets him into his secrets. But Celia is also fascinated by Andy. She also begins to play with him and Andy falls under her spell. He lies to Martin for her and becomes more and more entangled in her obsessive intrigue...