While rehearsing Carmen based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée, using music from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, the middle-aged choreographer Antonio brings in the very sexy Carmen to perform the lead role. Antonio falls in love with Carmen, who is an independent and seductive woman incapable of accepting a possessive love. When Carmen has an affair with another dancer, Antonio is consumed by his jealousy like Don José in the original opera, entwining fiction with reality.