"Set against the dazzling backdrop of Manhattan, 9 1/2 Weeks spans the length of the affair between Elizabeth, a beautiful art dealer, and John, the wealthy Wall Street executive who becomes her lover. After a tantalizing initial encounter, John charts the course of their sensual journey together in a deadly serious game of sexual dominance that introduces Elizabeth to more pleasure, ecstasy - and pain - than she has ever known... and alters the course of her life forever.