维罗妮卡（凯特·布兰切特 饰）是《星期日独立报》的王牌记者，在母亲伯妮（布兰达·弗里克 饰）的支持下，她一直追踪着一起特大毒品犯罪案件。维罗妮卡对于案件的报道在社会上引起了很大的反响，这在遏制当时猖獗的毒品犯罪市场的同时，亦为维罗妮卡和其儿子吉姆（保罗·罗南 饰）带来的许多的威胁和危险。
面对罪犯的威胁，维罗妮卡并没有屈服，这些无处不在的警告反而坚定了维罗妮卡调查到底的决心。在谎言和背叛之中，维罗妮卡不断接近着事件的真相，可她最终还是没能逃脱犯罪分子的暗杀。维罗尼克用自己的生命换来了政府和人民的良心的触动，为改变世界做出了贡献。

Filleann an feall is short for the Irish language saying: Filleann an feall ar an bhFeallaire - Treachery rebounds on the Treacherous (or the Traitor); L'Arroseur arrosé. Two small time Dublin criminals, Don Wycherley and Cillian Murphy, travel to Conemara to do a deal on Poteen. They practice speaking in Irish, the language of the Poteen seller, as they go along. Don Wycherley's character is better at Irish, and corrects the Cillian Murphy character every so often. They stop for a picnic, lose their car keys, get hospitality from an old lady living in a camper van. Cillian helps her out by taking down the winning lottery numbers as they're called out on the television, and by matching them to her numbers ...