讲述了露丝·埃利斯 （Ruth Ellis） 的故事：她作为年轻夜总会经理的生活方式，她与随后被冷血杀害的男人的暴力关系，她的被捕、审判以及随后的法律斗争，以便在她被绞死之前让她获释。

Longtime retired couple Stella and Gerry realise that their relationship has reached a crossroads while on holiday in Amsterdam. After so much time and so many memories, long-held promises and deeply concealed wounds threaten to come to light and force them to confront their future.