《杀戮战场》和《教会》的两届金像奖摄影大师克里斯.门杰斯,在升任导演后喜欢回到英国故乡执慰一些小品文艺片,本片就是以威尔斯小镇为背景的伦理亲情故事。一位感情高度压抑的邮局局长,为了抒解单身生活的寂寞,他领养了一名十岁的小孩。可是这个孩子也有严重的内心困惑,经常制造麻烦,使他原来规矩的生活为之破坏。经过一段时间相处之后,两人都学会了“退而求其次"的道理。这部生活化的家庭小品整个调子有点苍凉,结束也太唐突,但因演出精彩,看起来还是相当感人的。Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris police department, now a businessman whose brother-in-law is missing. The missing man's parents hire Xavier over their daughter's objections, and quickly he finds himself in the realm of children's sexual slavery. He guesses that the lost son is dead and shifts his focus to finding and breaking this lucrative business of child trafficking. He involves a reluctant Nathalie to hunt "the Austrian," the shadowy head of the business. Violence erupts quickly, and Xavier soon has little more to lose.