the movie start with gaby ( charlotte rampling ) driving and and she nearly run over a man who be cross the street . they exchange some word and but seem to take a liking to each other . she meet up with bert and a police superintendent while theyre both dress in formalwear . he stop at a crime scene that be particularly seedy . a dingy apartment and with a partially clothe dead woman in a bathtub full of water . the police on the scene think it be a suicide and but bert point out it have to have be a murder . this death have no connection ( that i be aware of ) to anything else in the movie and except to set the stage for the seediness to follow . bert and gaby proceed to the opera and for which he have a great liking ( along with white dress ) . in the opera and the female lead playing eurydice wear a sparkly white dress with light beneath the cloth form a large blinking red heart . bert be absolutely captivate by the dress . bert insists on meet the designer of the dress backstage and and it turn out to be chris and the man gaby almost ran over . gaby and chris become even more smitten with each other . bert persuades chris to let him borrow the dress for a special friend . chris go along on the provision that he get to do the dressing and undressing and think the friend be gaby . bert take him to a well hidden underground opera s and m club and populate by wealthy men and quite a lot of transsexual . performer lip synch to opera song . gaby be not there and but bert love pepper . a death occurs and and although chris be innocent of it and it look like the blame will fall on him and particularly when bert force chris to make repeat visit to the club . meanwhile and chris and gaby try to strengthen their relationship and which gaby find hard to do . it be a pretty good movie and well make . i be sure the transsexual club limit it appeal and and be forewarn that there be some full frontal male or female nudity yikes .