Henry ( Eugene Allen Hackman Gene Hackman) is detained by Sheriff Victor (Morgan Freeman) on suspicion of raping and killing an underage girl, although Henry's original identity was to discover the little girl The whistleblower of the corpse, but his grossly inconsistent testimony undoubtedly added a weight to the scale of sin in his favor.
Through the testimony of Henry's wife Chartre ( Monica Anna Maria Bellucci Monica Bellucci), Victor learns that the relationship between the two of them has long been dead in name, and the culprit behind this situation is actually Hunter and her young age. The unexplainable ambiguous relationship between his nieces. After searching Henry's house, police detective Owens ( Thomas Elliott Thomas Jane) found the photos of the murdered girl in the darkroom. The solution of the case has now been completed, except for Henry's final confession.
On New Year's Eve, on a small Caribbean island, police detectives are questioning a lawyer about the rape and murder of two island girls he witnessed. During a series of inquiries, the lawyer's answer was full of loopholes. Gradually, the detective discovered that the lawyer was suspected of being a major suspect, so this question and answer changed from a cooperative relationship at the beginning to a hostile relationship. Detectives immediately began to investigate the case, doing everything in their power to find out the truth. During the investigation, he unearthed the secrets of the lawyer's family, and also experienced the most primitive and ugly nature of human beings. All kinds of discoveries made the police detective tremble. Even though he already had the answer in his heart, he finally realized that the truth was not just as simple as it appeared on the surface, but contained a more astonishing secret.
Henry Hurst, a 57-year-old lawyer, married Chandelle, a beauty in her 20s. The couple enjoy the reputation of "talent and beautiful" in a wealthy area on a small island in the Caribbean. "Henry and Chandelle" are known as "fairy companions". However, the police have ample evidence to show that Henry Hurst, a gentleman with a beauty in a car, is very perverted: he has been a frequent visitor to pornographic websites and red light districts, so he is suspected of killing underage girls. A secret was revealed in front of the audience: the reason that led to Henry Hurst's depravity was that Chandel suspected her husband of infidelity and separated from her, and the relationship between the two had already broken down. Henry and Chandel were interrogated at the police station at the same time. The police used the suspicion between the husband and wife to expose each other. The emotional crisis shrouded in this perfect family broke out completely. Henry Hurst, under pressure, said: "There are so many things that separate couples from each other, infidelity, money, illness. What separates my wife and I is a 60-foot corridor. In fact, that corridor is a desert! There is a door at the end of the corridor, and once the door is locked, even if your fingers bleed, it cannot be opened!" The couple were strangers, and Henry Hurst was in great pain. Police officer Vic asked him, "Why don't you make a new choice?" Henry Hurst said: "It's just a knife and a fire." Henry Hurst, who was close to collapse, also said that when he explained why he recruited prostitutes, greed Beauty is the nature of men. And pointed out that the police officer Vic also faced the failure of marriage life. Officer Vic was speechless.
Just after Henry Hurst was almost completely stripped, the police discovered that the murderer was someone else and captured him. However, Henry Hurst has no innocence and has become a man who has lost everything. Henry Hurst and his wife, who walked out of the police station, looked at each other speechlessly. In the end, they did not hug each other to regain their freedom as the audience expected. After this torture of souls, they could no longer forgive each other. Between them is still the corridor that never disappears.