air port ▁novel ". ▁ ▁Plot ▁As ▁the ▁movie ▁opens , ▁a ▁woman ▁writer ▁with ▁a ▁recently ▁best s elling ▁novel ▁is ▁being ▁question ed ▁about ▁a ▁murder . ▁The ▁story ▁cut s ▁to ▁a ▁young ▁woman ▁abandoned ▁by ▁her ▁travel ing ▁companion ▁at ▁a ▁road side ▁rest ▁stop . ▁A ▁helpful ▁man ▁offers ▁to ▁give ▁her ▁a ▁ride . ▁ ▁The ▁story ▁turns ▁on ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁myster ious ▁ident ities . ▁There ▁is ▁an ▁escaped ▁rap ist - k iller ▁with ▁a ▁pen chant ▁for ▁magic ▁tr icks . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁man ▁who ▁has ▁abandoned ▁his ▁family . ▁And ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁writer ' s ▁assistant . ▁Which ▁of ▁these ▁three ▁is ▁the ▁helpful ▁stranger ? ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁especially ▁susp icious ▁as ▁he ▁begins ▁secret ly ▁dict ating ▁into ▁a ▁rec order ▁a ▁story ▁about ▁a ▁woman ▁in ▁danger . ▁The ▁man ▁and ▁woman ▁travel ▁from ▁the ▁rest ▁stop ▁to ▁her ▁parents ’ ▁home , ▁where ▁her ▁daughter ▁is ▁also ▁living . ▁( The ▁woman ▁herself ▁lives ▁in ▁Paris ▁and ▁claims ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁ha ird ress er .) ▁The ▁man ▁b onds ▁with ▁the ▁daughter ▁and ▁disapp ears ▁with ▁her ▁for ▁several ▁hours ... ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁movie , ▁the ▁plot ▁threads ▁come ▁together ▁and ▁the ▁audience ▁ident ifies ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁myster ious ▁characters , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁the ▁woman ▁writer . ▁ ▁Cast ▁ ▁Domin ique ▁Pin on ▁: ▁Pierre ▁Lac los ▁/ ▁Louis ▁ ▁F anny ▁Ar d