It is winter in a prestigious all boys' boarding school, where children continue to practice age-old rituals and codes bound by years of hierarchy of the popular norm. Shay is picked at constantly, the main perpetrators being Arjun, the tall athletic sports captain and his best friend Baadal. Shay and Prithi, the spunky daughter of the new Junior School Principal are cast as Bassanio and Portia in the Founders Day production of Merchant of Venice. Murali, the charismatic drama teacher unknowingly adds salt to Baadal's wounds by casting him as Shay's understudy. Indignant, Baadal vows to get Shay's part at any cost and turns to his buddy Arjun for help. Events take a sinister turn when Shay walks in on Arjun, Baadal and their cronies on a debauched night.
故事发生在充满了异域风情的马来西亚,莱斯利(贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰)在那里和丈夫罗伯特(赫伯特·马歇尔 Herbert Marshall 饰)一起经营着一间橡胶种植园,日子过得十分安逸。某天,罗伯特外出公干,留下莱斯利一人看家,哪知道很快,便传来了噩耗,莱斯利开枪将一个名叫大卫的男人给打死了,而莱斯利坚称大卫想要袭击她,她开枪杀人纯属自卫。 罗伯特相信了莱斯利所言,找到了律师霍华德(詹姆斯·斯蒂芬森 James Stephenson 饰)为妻子辩护,可是,让他们没有想到的是,大卫的妻子哈蒙德太太(盖尔·桑德加德 Gale Sondergaard 饰)手上握有莱斯利和大卫偷情的证据。
The film explores the dark underbelly of Thiruvananthapuram where rival goondas clash in cold-blooded gang wars to gain dominion over the city's suburbs and slums.