In the jungle of Ujung Kulon, Dominique, a wildlife sound-recordist, has disappeared. Mitchell, her cameraman, has been searching for her for months without success. Exhausted and feverish, he returns to London, where Villiers, Dominique's husband, suspicious and determined to find out the truth, mounts his own search. Together the two men travel back to the reserve, their mutual distrust as thick between them as the sweltering humidity. The oppressive atmosphere of the reserve begins to unhinge their minds, as Mitchell, keeping his secrets to himself, obstructs their search, taunting...