弗雷（塞缪尔·杰克逊 Samuel L. Jackson 饰）在铁窗之后度过了漫长的二十五年，终于刑满释放重见天日的他发誓，再也不要回到那狭小的监牢之中，过那种不见天日的痛苦生活了。二十五年，整个世界仿佛变了个模样，弗雷对未来充满了希望，但又惴惴不安。 一位名叫艾瑞斯（鲁丝·内伽 Ruth Negga 饰）的活泼女子出现在了弗雷的身边，她的乐观和不羁令弗雷渐渐找回了自信，丢掉过去了阴霾，彻底融入新的生活，可是，曾经的搭档的儿子伊桑（卢克·科比 Luke Kirby 饰）的出现让弗雷明白，过去永远都不会过去。阴险狡诈的伊桑将目标放到了艾瑞斯的身上，这是弗雷不可触碰的底线，为了艾瑞斯，他决心再次铤而走险。
A cataclysmic event serves as the backdrop for a passionate affair between two individuals torn between desire and the constraints of their circumstances.
Jean Monier is a disillusioned lawyer, appointed to defend Nicolas Milik, a man accused of murdering his wife. While everything points to his guilt, Monier takes up the case, convinced of his innocence. As his investigations kept him back to the night of
A committed couple finds their life slipping away, not because they’ve done anything in particular, but because their history is unwriting itself. Sort of.
