In an inventive and above all cinematographic and essayist way, As a Fly Drawn to the Flame tries to solve a riddle. Why did a young lady from very affluent circles in 19th century The Hague choose an extremely dangerous life? Why did that lady in the era of salons and corsets set off for the African desert? 　　The film is about the life of Alexandrine Pieternella Françoise Tinne ...