South Africa, 1988. In a secret police office, two white men everything divide - social background, education, culture - get into a clash. A colonel tries everything, and with a certain paternalism, to get full confession from Martin Strydom, a 33 year old political prisoner and brilliant political science professor. 8 years later, in Mandela's South Africa, it is now the colonel's turn to be questionned about the same events. The two questionings interrupt and echo each other, bringing into light the inoxerable suspense of an evil scheme.