Mark, a gay man, is badly beaten up in a dark alley and lands in hospital. He says he was attacked from behind and doesn't know who they were. His husband Gerrit, a prominent and very active leader of the gay-movement, wants to take action, but Mark doesn't want to press charges. The wife of Faruk, the Turkish grocer who found Mark, says Faruk was also attacked, because his shirt was torn and full of blood. This contradicts Faruk's earlier statement. Mark says he doesn't know Faruk, but the police find out he called him several times. Faruk keeps changing his story ...