When the naval construction designer Oliver Reed (Kent Smith) meets the Serbian Irena Dubrovna Reed (Simone Simon) in the zoo, he flirts with her and they sooner fall in love and marry each other. However, Irena is afraid of an ancient course of her town that women can not be touched by a man, otherwise she will transform in a panther, and the couple does not consummate their marriage. Irena is sent for treatment with the psychiatrist Dr. Louis Judd (Tom Conway), while Oliver looks for "consolation" with his colleague Alice Moore (Jane Randolph). When Irena sees that she is losing Oliver to Alice, she becomes jealous and hateful, leading to a tragic end.
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曾以《奇蹟的夏天》获得金马奖最佳纪录片的杨力州，在《爱别离苦》将镜头转向一条在地图上找不到的「菱潭街」，这条巷弄藏着在地復甦的特色小店，小店内也各藏有私密心事：有背负家族而支离破碎的妇女；独立书店的女同伴侣；夫管严的菜摊老板娘；在洗衣店打工的钢琴老师；被迫与儿子分离的年轻妈妈；以及决定居家生产的乐器行孕妇。时光变迁、生命流转，经歷总统大选、共度尾牙新年，日常交织而成的动人故事，在这条街道一一上演。杨力州以温柔的眼光包覆着眾人的过往伤痕，深入的跟拍访谈，突破一道道情感心防，呈现出各种坚毅的女性自我样貌。银幕上的泪痕，闪烁着人性的温暖微光，潸然之余才深刻体会，原来爱与苦本就一体两面，不曾分离。