At an art auction, Tom (Dennis Hopper Dennis Hopper) meets a man named Jonathan (Bruno Ganz Bruno Ganz). Jonathan suffers from a blood disease, which makes matters worse for his not-so-wealthy family. The mafia found Tom in the hope that he could help them with an assassination mission. Tom, who was unwilling to take risks, thought of Jonathan. Tom assured Jonathan that if the latter could complete the task for him, then Tom's family would be paid a large sum of money. At the same time, Tom bribed Jonathan's attending physician, and the two jointly deceived Jonathan. Make him think that his condition has deteriorated rapidly. In this way, Jonathan, who was full of pain and despair, embarked on a road of no return, and seeing Jonathan struggling, Tom felt an inexplicable emotion.