Narra la historia de dos asesinos a sueldo en Londres que, debido a una operación que termina mal, reciben la orden de exiliarse por un tiempo en la ciudad de Brujas, en Bélgica.

Ostende, Bélgica. En un decadente hotel situado frente a la costa, Stefan y Valerie, una pareja de recién casados, conocen a la misteriosa condesa Báthory y a Ilona, su secretaria.

Cécile teaches English at the Collegium in Bruges. She has a boyfriend, Thomas, a student at the Beaux-Arts. Cécile lives with Mrs. Hanka, who reads horoscopes and surrounds herself with natal charts. She says she's known a lot about people for 30 years.

The story of Paul who one day meets a young dancer who is the double of the dead wife he worships. Their meeting triggers a nightmare that takes him on a midnight journey through dark canals, memories, to a theater performance in a graveyard where he learns darker truths. Filmed on location in historic Bruges.