Summary: The Hamburg police arrest an international businessman, charging him with smuggling heroin from Pakistan. While he's on trial, his trophy wife, a former Olympic swimmer, discovers steely ruthlessness within herself. In Pakistan, the British home minister tours the poppy-eradication project and returns to London to find that his daughter is a heroin addict. While trying to save her, and helped by a crusading attorney, he learns the limits of government policy... (jhailey@hotmail.com)

Genres: Drama, Crime

Country: UK

Directed By: Alastair Reid

Starring: Linda Bassett, Bill Paterson, Julia Ormond, Lindsay Duncan, Tilo Prückner, Ronan Vibert, Jamal Shah, Talat Hussain, Fritz Müller-Scherz, Vincenzo Benestante

More information at the Internet Movie Database