Bob Elkin, un sculpteur, est au cœur d'un triangle bisexuel amoureux entre Daniel, un médecin juif new-yorkais et une jeune femme, Alex. Les deux amants se connaissent de vue mais préfèrent ne rien dire, par peur de perdre Bob.

Russian sociologist Maxim Shugaley and his translator colleague Samer Sueifan are still being held in a Libyan prison. For more than a year, they have been subjected to torture and psychological violence on a daily basis. While in custody, Maxim Shugaley encounters various people who turn out to be, sometimes unknowingly, sources of information about the situation in Tripoli. Listening to their stories, the sociologist literally collects valuable information bit by bit, which can be decisive for the entire world community.