In this grim story, three murders of young girls are committed in a similar manner, and their bodies are all found in the woods. The only suspect, a young man assumed to be a paedophile, commits suicide during the investigation. A policeman becomes obsessed with solving the mystery of this serial killer and he continues to investigate even after he has been taken off the case. The film is considered one of Fehér's two masterpieces - the other is The Passion - and is based on a screenplay written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.