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深深的绝望,于是加入了非洲民族议会党。
The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes is appropriate, and begins to suspect that his new manager has designs not only on his wife but on his business. Meanwhile, someone from the new manager's past shows up with information that could wreck his plans.