年近三十的法拉(艾曼纽·斯高顿 Emmanuel Schotté 饰)是一名警察,至今仍和母亲同住的他有着一颗异常单纯而敏感的心,在他的心里住着一个名叫朵蜜诺(赛芙琳·卡尼尔 Séverine Caneele 饰)的女孩,可是这个女孩却是自己最好的朋友的女朋友,这让法拉感到既痛苦又沮丧。其实朵蜜诺对老实可靠的法拉也心生好感,可她离不开男友带给自己的肉体上的快感,在愧疚中她只能一次次的用余光向法拉发出求救的信号。 一宗少女奸杀案让法拉所在的小镇炸了锅,而查找真凶的重任则落在了法拉的肩上,怀着对凶手的愤怒和对受害者的怜悯,法拉发誓一定要查明真相,而在追凶的过程中,法拉领略到了人性中那既美好又丑恶的独特的风光。In a town near Lille, melancholy police superintendent Pharaon De Winter lives with his mother. An 11-year-old girl has been raped and murdered. Over the next week, De Winter investigates and grieves, his face nearly expressionless. He bikes, he gardens. He accompanies his neighbors, Joseph and Domino, to dinner and to the seaside; he even observes them in vigorous if not rough coitus. For Domino, sex seems her way of connecting. Does she fancy Pharaon? A plowed field, the sea, Pharaon's flowers, the pudenda of Domino and of the ravaged girl - this mix of images of beauty, evil, and possibility assaults Pharaon as he tries to do his job and hold on to his humanity.