基于真实改编。本片发生在1960年代的匈牙利，以系列残暴凶杀而出名的小镇马特福。真凶被缉拿归案7年后，凶杀再次降临小镇，手法如出一辙，是误判还是效仿？本片中的社会主义国家匈牙利，存在令人窒息的社会、政治和心理博弈，当局者很快发现自己陷入了错综复杂的阴谋和令人不安的戏剧网络中。

A thrilling crime story. A man who spends 10 years in prison because he is considered guilty but in actual fact is innocent. A serial killer at large. A prosecutor who demands the death sentence for the innocent man and later tries to prevent the truth from being revealed. An investigator who is finally obliged to conduct investigations against himself and a new one who is obsessed with delivering justice. The story of all those people and their families are intertwined in three timelines in the 1950s and 60s in the small Hungarian town of Martfű.