Unbeknownst to Geneviève beforehand, Renaud, the man she saved, is a sociopath who begins taking over her life while abusing her emotionally and verbally.
In the United States and Canada, this history of repression extends to the point where a frank and healthy discussion of consent and sexual exploration in our media is unheard of; after all, sex is not something to be spoken of in polite company.
Below is a list of films from all over the world that do not shy away from using sexuality and eroticism to examine or exploit our conceptions of the self.
The story then progresses by moving back and forth in time, as the lovers bond and copulate with an assortment of partners.