“Praise be to the cinema: the law is not said, it is seen and heard. A story is born and given to us. This is how, through an image, life is resuscitated”. (Jean-Luc Godard, 1985)。著名的精神病理学家艾萨卡·巴里在为迪安娜·贝勒治疗中认识了她的姐姐,美丽的海丝·埃文思,并爱上了她。在一次情绪失控下,海丝用器械误杀了自己的丈夫。艾萨卡四处奔走,在法庭上竭力为海丝辨护。然而,艾萨卡渐渐发现自己成了一个阴谋的工具…。