Intrigue

A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.

Zorg is a handyman working at the seaside in France, maintaining and looking after the wooden bungalows. He lives a quiet and peaceful life, working diligently and writing in his spare time. He is in love with Betty, a young woman who is as beautiful as she is wild and unpredictable. After a dispute with Zorg's boss, they leave and Betty finds a place to stay at her girlfriend's house. The girlfriend's lover owns an Italian restaurant and there they find a job. She is obsessed to try to get one of Zorg's books published, but it is rejected, which makes Betty fly into a rage. Suddenly, Betty's wild manners start to get out of control. Zorg sees the woman he loves slowly going insane. Is his love for Betty strong enough, if even if it comes to the worst?—Mattias Pettersson <seaman@sbbs.se>

Leading an uneventful, simple but carefree life, Zorg, an incurable dreamer and aspiring writer, toils away at the seafront, restoring beach houses to make a living. Then, suddenly, Betty--an explosive, unpredictable, and dangerously beautiful nineteen-year-old perfect stranger--enters Zorg's life, ushering in a new era of creative madness, intense passions, and feverish love. Indeed, lively Betty is like a breath of fresh air; however, as unbounded affection gradually turns into destructive desire, Zorg stands powerless before Betty's hideous transformation. But in Betty's eyes, Zorg is everything. Can he live up to her expectations?—Nick Riganas