菲莉芭（凯特布兰切特CateBlanchett饰）为了替家人复仇，自制了定时炸弹，偷偷安放在毒贩的办公室内，并支开了不知情的女秘书。然而，不幸还是发生了。由于清洁工打扫，她并没有将仇人炸死，反而连累了4条无辜的生命。菲莉芭以为大仇得报，所以在被警方逮捕后，供认不讳，毫无悔意。由于她坚持用英文，所以警

Inspector Carlo Guerrieri, a veteran police officer from Rome, finds himself partnered with a rookie who was born in Ivory Coast but raised in the cap