Synopsis: When a 17-year old girl goes missing, family man and distinguished college professor Evan Birchs (Guy Pearce) life is turned upside down as circumstantial evidence convinces gruff Detective Malloy (Pierce Brosnan) that Birch is a prime suspect. As Malloy begins to peel back the layers of Birchs past indiscretions with female students, and his wife (Minnie Driver) begins to question his alibi, Birchs life starts to unravel, and suddenly the questions that hes faced with arent merely academic theyre a matter of life and death.