In 2245, the Earth’s sun has dwindled and no longer provides the energy needed to sustain human life.Five hired mercenaries travel to an uncharted planet to collect a rare mineral known as stardust to replenish the dying star. After their spaceship crashes on the alien planet, they are stalked and hunted by a creature far more advanced than anything they have ever encountered before…

本片用一种实际与记忆穿插的体例勾画了男主人公X（吉奥吉欧·艾伯塔基 Giorgio Albertazzi 饰）与女主人公A（德菲因·塞里格 Delphine Seyrig 饰）公剪不竭理还乱的感情纠葛。X的记忆中对巴洛克宫殿里的亭台楼阁如数家珍，在他的描写性旁白中，人们 得以感触感染到他心里庞大的波涛。在剧院舞台上，伶人正在表演着离愁别绪的桥段。不雅众席上X跟贵妇A对视很久。安息之时，剧院响起舞曲，X向A邀舞，两人在近间隔表达了对彼此的感触感染。A感觉这个X是个存眷本身的目生人，可是X却讲述了客岁与她产生的一段不为人知的故事。时代，还穿插了X跟A丈夫M（莎查•皮托夫 Sacha Pitoëff 饰）游戏对决的场景……