On New Year's Eve, on an island in the Caribbean, a detective was asking a lawyer about the rape and murder of two girls he witnessed on the island. During a series of inquiries, the lawyer's answers were full of loopholes, and gradually the detective found that the lawyer was an important suspect, so the question-and-answer relationship from the beginning dramatically became hostile. The detective immediately began to investigate the case and tried his best to find out the truth. In the investigation, he excavated the secrets of the lawyer family and experienced the most primitive and ugly nature of human beings. The detective was frightened by all kinds of discoveries. Even though he had the answer in his heart, he finally realized that the truth was not only so simple on the surface, but also implied a more amazing secret …
Henry (Gene Hackman Gene Hackman) is detained by police chief Victor (Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman) on suspicion of raping and killing an underage girl. Although Henry's initial identity was the informant who found the girl's body, his serious inconsistent testimony undoubtedly increased the weight of the evil balance in his favor. Through the testimony of Henry's wife chartres (played by monica bellucci monica bellucci), Victor learns that their relationship has long existed in name only, and the chief culprit of this situation is the affair between Hunter and her young niece. After searching Henry's house, Detective Owens (Thomas Jane Thomas Jane) finds a photo of the murdered girl in the darkroom. Everything is ready to solve the case except Henry's final confession.