英国驻肯尼亚大使馆的外交官贾斯汀（拉尔夫·费因斯 Ralph Fiennes 饰）为人随和、生活平淡，平日只爱在自己的园子里打理花草树木。然而，有一天，厄运降临到这名超然物外的男人身上。他的妻子泰莎（蕾切尔·薇兹 Rachel Weisz 饰）――一名主持正义的律师，被发 现陈尸郊外，调查结果为被其情人杀害。
　　贾斯汀遭此晴天霹雳，愤怒过后的他仔细考虑，觉得官方的说法漏洞百出，于是这名平和温柔的男人誓要找出妻子身亡的真相。泰勒经过重重困难取证，终于逐渐接近事件的真相，原来泰莎发现了这里一间有着深厚政治背景的英国药厂在这里利用爱滋病人试验他们的新药，并导致了数以百计的艾滋病患者惨死！

影片以1993年在巴黎18区发生的一起警察暴力的真实事件为背景：一名警察在巡逻期间枪杀了一名17岁的扎伊尔少年Makomé M'Bowolé。而在影片当中，巴黎街头，一群反政府青年。纠纷由其中一人被警察殴打重伤而起，众人怀恨在心。文兹（文森特·卡塞尔 Vincent Cassel饰）弄到一把真枪，决心还以颜色。他们的仇恨与愤怒随处可见，这场与警察之间的大规模冲突，一触即发。混战中，文兹被警察开枪打死，他的同党也颤抖着对准了警察的头，枪声响起……无论是警察还是街头混混，每个人都失去了控制。这青春期里的不安与躁动，就像失控的怒火一般，无人幸免。 导演马修·卡索维茨荣获第48届戛纳电影节(1995)主竞赛单元最佳导演奖。

For Momo, the dream of a football career was within reach. But then his family blames him for a crime. Innocently, the 19-year-old ends up in jail and is expected to serve a 19-year sentence there. Momo now has to assert himself in everyday prison life. His mother and girlfriend visit him regularly and he finds support in the prison football team. But his prison life takes a dramatic turn. His uncle Amar, who is also a feared clan chief, is blackmailing him. In order to get protection in prison, he is supposed to start dealing drugs.