Forty-year-old William Lamers, an anonymous criminal sentenced to death for murder is soon to be executed. The procedure is about to take place in an atmosphere of general indifference and neither the condemned man's family nor the relatives of his victims have bothered to come to witness the execution. Only a journalist from local newspaper has turned up to watch the "show."
As the law does not define the duration a condemned prisoner's final words, Lamers will take advantage of this legal void to unwind the story of his life to avoid the death sentence. What was a mere formality rapidly becomes the major issue of a political campaign.