Klaris Sterling (Džodi Foster) je detektivka FBI-ja koja prekida obuku u Kvantiku kako bi intervjuisala Hanibala Lektora (Entoni Hopkins), bivšeg psihijatra i čoveka koji je postao serijski ubica kanibal.
FBI traga za serijskim ubicom koji svoje žrtve dere i veruje se da bi Lektor mogao da im pruži neke bitne informacije.
Iako je u početku srdačan, Lektor postaje nestrpljiv sa Klaris, ali joj ipak daje neki trag. Lektor pristaje na saradnju ali pos uslovom da ga premeste iz ustanove u kojoj se trenutno nalazi. Kada ispune njegove uslove, Lektor počinje svoju igru u kojoj u zamenu za ono što on ima da ponudi traži da Klaris njemu priča o svojem detinjstvu.
Movie Info: n this multiple Oscar-winning thriller, Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI's training academy whose shrewd analyses of serial killers lands her a special assignment: the FBI is investigating a vicious murderer nicknamed Buffalo Bill, who kills young women and then removes the skin from their bodies.
Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into this case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out. Lecter does indeed know something of Buffalo Bill, but his information comes with a price: in exchange for telling what he knows, he wants to be housed in a more comfortable facility.
More important, he wants to speak with Clarice about her past. He skillfully digs into her psyche, forcing her to reveal her innermost traumas and putting her in a position of vulnerability when she can least afford to be weak. The film mingles the horrors of criminal acts with the psychological horrors of Lecter's slow-motion interrogation of Clarice and of her memories that emerge from it.
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Produced by: Kenneth Utt, Edward Saxon, Ron Bozman
Written By: Ted Tally
Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine