Synopsis

The ravishing Lea, famed courtesan to the rich and famous in pre-World War I Paris, is contemplating her retirement when her arch-rival asks Lea to teach her spoiled 19-year-old son Cheri about women. It's an adventure that becomes a heated and passionate affair that results in power struggles over sex, money, age, and society -- and unexpectedly, love itself -- as a boy who refuses to grow up collides with a woman who realizes she cannot stay young forever.