巴里（罗里·金尼尔 Rory Kinnear 饰）是小镇上的教区议员，生前的他再也无法想到的是，自己的意外猝死会在风平浪静的小镇里掀起怎样的狂澜。霍华德（迈克尔·刚本 Michael Gambon 饰）和雪莉（朱莉娅·麦肯茨 Julia McKenzie 饰）是镇上的模范夫妻、西蒙（Richard Glover 饰）是个喜欢在老婆和孩子身上发泄怒火的暴力狂、沃尔校长（西蒙·迈克伯尼 Simon McBurney 饰）整日神经兮兮，每一个人都觉得自己是巴里所留下的职位的最佳继承者，并做好了十足的准备，为了得到他们所想要的东西而争得你死我活。...
A stranger breaks into the house of a couple, ties up the husband and, having a whole weekend at his hand, plays a slow game with the woman, a game of threats, fear, obedience - and intimacy....
From the Louvre to Buckingham Palace, to the gutters of Paris to the siege of La Rochelle… In a kingdom divided by religious wars and under threat of British invasion, a handful of men and women will cross swords and tie their fate to that of France....
