Sara Rogers is a well-loved
African-American philosophy professor who teaches courses on
logic. She is married to Victor, a successful African-American
painter. To celebrate the sale of one of his paintings to a museum, Victor decides to rent a house for the summer where he can focus on his art. Sara, however, is annoyed by his plan because she had hoped to spend the summer in the city researching a paper she is writing on
ecstatic experiences. She knows that her access to books and resources will be limited in a small town and feels that Victor does not value her academic work as much as he values his own artistic pursuits. Nevertheless, after finding a house they both adore, she agrees to accompany him for the summer. At the rented house, Victor becomes obsessed with painting local women, befriending one in particular—a
Puerto Rican woman named Celia. Feeling
jealous, Sara returns to the city for a few days to act in a
student film after one of her students begs her to participate. During the filming, she meets Duke, the filmmaker's uncle, who plays her
love interest in the movie. Duke is immediately attracted to her. Sara brings Duke to the rented house, and Victor becomes visibly jealous of him. Victor’s jealousy intensifies when his friend and mentor, Carlos, begins flirting with Celia. One morning, after witnessing Victor
sexually harassing Celia, Sara grows furious and demands that he stop his inappropriate behavior in front of her. Feeling overwhelmed, she leaves Victor and confides in her mother, expressing that she feels out of control and on shaky ground—a stark contrast to her usual steady and
contemplative nature. Returning to the city, Sara completes her final scenes for the film. Victor goes to find her and arrives just in time to watch her character shoot Duke’s character for being unfaithful to her. ==Cast==