In a sparse and inhospitable land, the policeman Enzo Vitello, a man with a dark past, is obsessed with "Dostoyevsky", a serial killer whom he kills with a peculiarity: next to the body, the murderer always leaves a letter with his desolate and very clear vision of the world, of life and darkness that Vitello hears resonating in him.

在意大利南部炽热的阳光下，安吉拉在田地里工作，她饱受剥削。有一天，她再也没有回家。这场悲剧和神秘的失踪，迫使她的丈夫朱塞佩，带着小儿子安托一起出发去寻找她，两人开始了一场没有回程的寻求真相之旅。

A nerdy film student and lifelong voyeur begins to believe that two lovely young strangers may have conspired to commit a brutal murder.