Based on the acclaimed novel by Julia May Jonas, Vladimir is a seductive eight-part thriller of desire and betrayal starring Rachel Weisz, Leo Woodall and John Slattery. The nameless protagonist (Weisz), who breaks the fourth wall to speak directly to camera and share her innermost thoughts, is middle-aged wife and mother, who has worked for years as a teacher at small liberal arts college. Her marriage to her husband John (Slattery) is stagnating so when a new teacher, Vladimir (Woodall), arrives at the college, the heroine's world spins off its axis. She develops an all-consuming obsession with her colleague and recklessly pursues this fixation at the expense of her marriage and job.