Stage actress Maria Andershas just experienced a heart-wrenching divorce. The only emotional sustenance beside her helpless is the personal assistant Valentin. At this time, Maria, who was at the peak of her career, was invited to return to her famous drama 20 years ago. When she was eighteen years old, when she was young, Maria played an ambitious and deadly charming girl Sigrid in the drama. She attracted a mature female boss named Helena in the play and led to She eventually committed suicide, and Maria became an instant hit because of her success in this classic role. Twenty years later, to commemorate the director who died unexpectedly, the elderly Maria was invited to rearrange the play, but this time the role that made her gallop in the theater no longer belonged to Maria, but became popular by the young Hollywood. Actress and problem girl Joanne Ellistook over.
Maria and her assistant went to choose a rehearsal location in the Clouds of Sils Maria area in the Swiss Alps. This time she once again starred in the famous work, from the charming Sigurd to Helena, who was obsessed with Sigurd and died of suicide. Maria had difficulty accepting this fact at first, always thinking that she should play Sigurd. During the rehearsal process, when she faced the charming Qiao Ann at the rehearsal site, she seemed to see another herself in the mirror. This reflection made her uneasy and rejected Ellis. For the first time, Maria questioned herself because of her age, and she and the female assistant who continued to support her temporarily stayed at the director’s widow’s home for inspiration, but she unknowingly staged a life identical to the script with her female assistant, and developed her superiors and subordinates. Ambiguous relationship beyond friendship. The eager young actor Ellis, in the process of preparing to play Maria’s classic role and studying Maria’s performance, gradually developed an inextricable affection for Maria. Maria is also in the process of getting along slowly, disdainful of her from the beginning. Gu gradually developed a good impression, and even turned into a fascination and dependence on Sigurd like Helena, but this dangerous obsession has hurt Maria's relationship with her assistant Valentin who has been with her.
