Durant le Carnaval de Seville, le Francais Andre Stevenol, tombe sous le charme d'une jeune andalouse, Conception Perez. Ils echangent un rapide signe prometteur et cherchent aussitot a se revoir. Andre confesse cette situation aupres de son ami don Mateo qui sursaute et qui se decide, afin de le mettre en garde, a lui faire le recit de sa douloureuse aventure avec la jeune femme dont il fut le pantin."

During the carnival in Seville, the Frenchman Andre Stevenol meets and falls under the spell of Conception 'Concita' Perez, a young Andalusian woman. His friend, don Mateo Diaz warns him off by describing his own history with the woman -- a history of being repeatedly attracted and then rebuffed by her. Conchita continually flirted with other men to torture don Mateo. On each occasion he was made to feel guilty for his jealous thoughts and actions towards her, until he realised finally that he had been her puppet for fourteen months and in an explosion of passion he beat her. She then...