Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

Daniel, art professor, has a car accident which results into a paranoia. He gets better, falls in love with one of his students and they decide to move away from civilization to the house in the mountains. Their peace and quiet is disrupted by three men building a road nearby. They rape the girl, beat the husband and drown their child. What will Daniel do now? Will he get his revenge? Will his past affect him?