8090電影Bob and Greta De Jaegher are happily married for 40 years. They can look back on a rich and fulfilled life. Their 2 sons Steve and Carl have a successful life as well. Steve is a talented and recognized film-director and Carl is a promising cook. Steve's wife Billie wrote a bestseller about happiness and wants to start a family with her husband. Brother-in-law Rik, who works at the zoo, tries to pick up his life with his kids, after his wife died two years ago. To mark their 40th wedding anniversary, Bob and Greta organize a family weekend. They want to announce something very important. Their new plans are a sure hit for the family De Jaegher, but that's not the only thing - Wat had to be a cheerful gathering of the family, turns out to be something nobody expected.

這部文藝電影透露著濃濃的美國南方歷史風策馳影院。富豪吉姆（凱文?斯帕西飾）舉辦了一個盛大的圣誕派對，然而在這個熱鬧派對的午夜，卻發(fā)生了一場命案。所有的矛頭都指向了吉姆，吉姆委托當晚到場的記者約翰（約翰?庫薩克飾）搜集證據(jù)幫助自己，在約翰的求證過程中，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)了被害者和主人吉姆之間的秘密關(guān)系，當搜證繼續(xù)進行，吉姆自己卻曝出了一個內(nèi)幕，使得案件繼續(xù)陷入迷霧。在這個南方小鎮(zhèn)的午夜，究竟隱藏著怎樣的善與惡，愛與恨，怎樣的人性與陰謀？