本片取材自真实事件。19世纪中叶的阿根廷,一个年轻的天主教信徒卡蜜拉跟一个耶稣教教士发生恋情,虽然两人都极力压抑自己内心的感情而陷入痛苦中,但终究卡蜜拉勇敢地走出第一步并收获短暂的幸福。但他们的结合破坏了家庭和教会的清规戒律,遭到当局的追捕。在逃亡数百里后不幸被捕,后被处死。In 1840's Buenos Aires, Argentina, a beautiful young socialite named Camila falls in love with Ladislao, a Jesuit priest. After several failed attempts at fighting his own feelings, he ultimately succumbs to her. The two later escape to a far off, secluded village where they assume new identities as husband and wife and begin running a children's school. After several months of relative happiness, the couple's identity is discovered by a local priest. Under moralistic pressure from both Camila's family and the Catholic church the authorities apprehend the lovers, and imprison them for sacrilege.