Statuesque Alice Hartley of the khol-eyes and the gypsy shawls can no longer arouse the interest of her pompous husband, the adulterouos professor. Despite her spirited rendition of the Dance of the Seven Veils, her heightened consciousness, her organic carrot cake and her many-coloured pop-socks, she still leaves him cold. Just as she is compelled to face this chilling truthk she meets Michael, a young gullible student with an excessive libido. In Michael, Alice discovers an endless supply of all she has sought: revenge, sex and a large house suitable for conversion.