Skoonheid是南非荷兰语，直译就是Beauty。而美丽，正是男主角弗朗索瓦（德恩·勒茨 Deon Lotz 饰）生活中所缺少的。表面上人届中年的他有妻有女，是称职的丈夫和父亲，然而内心压抑的同性欲望一直如困兽噬咬着他。在大女儿的婚礼上弗朗索瓦遇到多年不见的好友后，目光竟被好友的儿子克里斯蒂安（查理·基冈 Charlie Keegan 饰）全部占据。克里斯蒂安青春帅气，充满活力和力量，正在人生的黄金时期。弗朗索瓦慢慢开始神魂颠倒的迷恋和跟踪，留意克里斯蒂安的一举一动。这份神萦思妄想最终让他的情欲占据了理智并以一种粗暴可怕的方式倾泻决堤......                                                                    　　《美丽》是南非第一部入围戛纳电影节的作品（“一种关注”单元），也是2011年戛纳酷儿棕榈大奖得主，同时代表南非参与角逐第84届奥斯卡最佳外语片奖。

　　Emma le Roux just wants to go home for the holidays. Gentle, beautiful, pacifist Emma. She's made the trip to her father's farm a thousand times. Piece of cake. But not today. Today she will cross paths with Bosman and Baz and Jay. And Boela and AJ and Piet. Bosman is the mastermind of the drug syndicate. A violent psychopath. Baz and Jay are his henchmen - violent dogs on a short leash. AJ and Boela, spoiled brats looking for validation, are on board to make a quick buck in the criminal underworld. And then there's Piet, the weakling, who is willing to do just about anything for his cousin Bosman. Emma witnesses the murder of a policeman at their hands. And they see her seeing them. Now they're hunting her down like an animal. She's easy prey, after all - it'll all be over soon. The problem is, Emma is the daughter of Jacques le Roux. And Jacques le Roux was a Special Forces soldier. The hunt isn't going according to plan. Everything starts falling apart, and fast. At first they were...

温柔、美丽、爱好和平的艾玛（琳迪·杜朗特 饰）在野外目击了一起谋杀案，六名暴力男子冷血杀害了一名警察。因此，六名男子拼死拼活也要追杀艾玛，就像追杀动物一般。