西哈诺（杰拉尔?德帕迪约 Gérard Depardieu 饰）生性狂野不羁，心地善良，他默默地爱慕着表妹罗克珊（安妮?波诺什 Anne Brochet 饰），但是他生来长着一个丑陋的大鼻子，纵使自己才华横溢，也不敢对表妹表明心迹。一天晚上他狠狠地嘲讽并且击败一个富家子之后，罗克珊约他次日见面。西哈诺写好情书后准备表明情愫之时，罗克珊却告诉他自己爱上了英俊的新兵克里斯蒂（文森特?佩雷斯 Vincent Perez 饰），并嘱咐在同一兵队的西哈诺保护他。克里斯蒂也喜欢着罗克珊，西哈诺便将自己对罗克珊的爱慕付诸笔端以克里斯蒂之名送达罗克珊之手，并且巧妙地安排了两人的婚姻。谁知早就对罗克珊心怀不轨的军官见此情景愤恨难忍，将克里斯蒂调去了阿拉斯作战……
Jean Monier is a disillusioned lawyer, appointed to defend Nicolas Milik, a man accused of murdering his wife.
While everything points to his guilt, Monier takes up the case, convinced of his innocence.
As his investigations kept him back to the night of the murder and the family dynamics, he also gets closer to his client, adding to the pressure to defend him.
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