故事发生在20世纪80年代初期，种族隔离政策在南非掀起了狂风暴雨般的波澜。帕特里克（德瑞克·卢克 Derek Luke 饰）是炼油厂的领班，他和妻子普利西斯结婚多年，共同养育着两个可爱的小女儿，生活过得十分幸福美满。
日益严重的种族歧视让当地的黑人们群情激奋，他们将这种愤怒通过暴力和破坏的手段发泄了出来。炼油厂发生了爆炸，身为负责人的帕特里克被警方逮捕，尽管没有确切的证据证明帕特里克就是主使，但仅仅因为他的肤色，帕特里克在警局里便遭到了非人的待遇，不仅如此，他的妻子也被牵连其中。出狱后的帕特里克对现实感到
When Lena escapes isolation from the man controlling her, the true extent of her horror is revealed that same night when Lena's parents arrive.
The last year of life of the Italian-French painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) who died with 36 years, was played by Gérard Philipe, who was lethally sick during the shooting of this movie and died shortly after its release, 1959, with 36 years - on on
