Written on the Body adapted Jeanette Winterson’s novel for the screen only by re-editing the clips of movies starring Nicole Kidman. The novel is a simple story; love found, love lost, love found again - maybe. The unnamed narrator falls for a married woman called Louise. As they fall in love, Louise leaves her husband. However, finding Louise has cancer, the narrator leaves her to expect that she will be looked after by her husband, a doctor.