Colleagues Les and Natalie are delayed in the Albuquerque airport. Restless| irritated| and unable to stand the service workers he meets at every turn| Les heads downtown. Natalie refuses to leave his side and discovers that his supposedly aimless wandering has more of a point than he is willing to admit. Natalie conceals secrets of her own| though neither can keep them quiet f...。1988年4月,(法属)新喀里多尼亚的乌维阿岛。30名警察被卡纳克人要求独立的组织挟持为人质。法国派出300名军人去恢复秩序。2个男人面对面:法国国家宪兵特勤队的队长菲利普·勒高裘和挟持人质的首脑阿尔方斯·迪亚努。通过两人共同的价值观,他们尝试着通过对话来解决问题。但当时正值总统大选,当关键挑战都是政治方面时,秩序并不总是由道德来支配……。