Leda (Jane March) knows firsthand the impact of terrorism. Her husband (Jordi Mollà), an expert on the subject, was paralyzed by a terrorist bomb. Then love unexpectedly enters Leda's life in the form of Ludovico (Harvey Keitel), a charming gem dealer … and a ruthless al-Qaida operative. Blinded by passion, Leda becomes an unwitting pawn in the large-scale terrorist attack Ludovico and his accomplice, Shahid (F. Murray Abraham), are plotting.