Plot Summary:Shuko Katagiri, 32, who works at high-scale restaurant in Ginza as sommelier, providing the good combination of wine and food. And feels proud of herself for putting her utmost effort into the work by suggesting \"Marriage\". However, she still hasn't found the answer to marriage after having an affair with the collage professor for four years. It would be lying to say that she's not at her wits' end with this. As such as that, she encounters this word \"Maitresse\" - Never to be restrained for loving each other, Lovers who can have an affair, but at the same time being independent - She starts to feel that this is the way her life should be ...
本作は、渡辺淳一の「失楽園」の原点となったベストセラー小説を映画化した作品。メトレス(maitresse)とは、「女主人」を表すフランス語。転じて「愛人」という意味を持つが、そこには暗いイメージはない。仕事を持ちしっかりと自立しているポジティブな愛人だ。