本剧为北爱题材，讲述了一辆从斯特兰福特湾中捞起的车中发现了疑似为自杀遗言的纸条，北爱尔兰警探Tom Brannick将其与一桩臭名昭著的悬案联系了起来，而他和这起旧案有诸多关联。这个发现引发了对一名传奇杀手坚持不懈的追捕。

康曼·里奥·加菲尔德在接受谋杀商人朱利叶斯·哈维所谓的妻子格洛丽亚的合同后陷入困境。 里奥的妻子莉莉在她的旧情人埃尔莫再次出现时也带来了麻烦，多年后她在抢劫中抛弃了他。

　　Kristin is the daughter of a prominent landowner in medieval Norway. She grows up in total harmony with the ideals of the time: strong family ties, social pride and devout Christianity. She accepts the fact that her father has arranged for her to marry the son of another landowner. Kristin's beauty and purity create violent emotions around her. There are envy and attempted rape, murder and revenge. She seeks refuge from the world in a convent, awaiting the time for her marriage. Here the passion of her life strikes, the knight Erlend Nikulaussonn. He, an accomplished seducer, also falls hopelessly in love. They have to cross not only convent walls to meet, but social boundaries as well. Their love cannot be kept secret, and suddenly the innocent Kristin is the centre of a scandal. Her fiance withdraws from their engagement, her father rages, and Erlend's former mistress tries to poison her. The affair grows into a political issue, and finally some of the country's most dignified leaders persuade Lavrans to give in. The lovers win each other, but it is in front of a charred altar in a burnt down church, and their happiness has a double edge. Written by The Norwegian Film Institute

影片受欧洲真实事件启发而创作，从一起连环杀人案调查展开，导演以独特视角将故事聚焦于病人、医生和警察之间的“三重奏”。在漫长的调查过程中，三人慢慢陷入了复杂的情感连带当中，对“真实”的领悟相互纠缠，最终踏上一段让人意想不到的旅程。

遥远的北欧地区，瑞典的斯德哥尔摩一片银装素裹，寒气逼人。12岁少年奥斯卡（K?re Hedebrant 凯尔?赫德布朗特 饰）生活在一个单亲家庭，他在学校形单影只，饱受欺负；回家后则偷偷搜集关于各类凶杀案的剪报，或者深夜挥着小刀在树上发泄着自己的愤怒。　　新搬来的小孩爱莉（Lina Leandersson 莉娜?莱纳德尔森 饰）走进了奥斯卡的生活，他们慢慢成为朋友，并逐渐产生爱情。而就在此时，奥斯卡无意中发现爱莉一个令人毛骨悚然的秘密……　　本片改编自瑞典小说家约翰?林德科维斯特（John Ajvide Lindqvist）2004年的同名畅销书，并荣获2008年翠贝卡电影节最高奖、2008高森博格电影节最佳北欧电影奖及柯达最佳摄影奖。