**Sex, power and the mind** Marie is a young schoolteacher mired in a deep emotional crisis caused by the physical rejection of her boyfriend, Paul, who consistently refuses to have sex with her. Desperate to experience desire and validate her own sexual identity, Marie makes the radical decision to separate love from sex; she embarks on a journey of extreme carnal exploration involving casual encounters with strangers, one-night stands, and acts of submission with an older man. This quest forces her to confront the limits of her own body, pleasure, and autonomy within an environment shaped…