Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing.
It is a perfect evening—until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends, and lovers.
南美洲某國的副總統家中舉辦了一場盛大的宴會，為巨商細川先生慶生，享譽盛名的歌劇女高音蘿珊．寇絲也蒞臨其中為眾人獻唱，她的歌聲令來自各國的貴賓聽得如癡如醉。
只可惜美好的夜晚沒有維持太久，派對就遭持槍的恐怖份子突襲，賓客皆淪為人質。然而原本充滿恐慌、性命岌岌可危的緊張氛圍，竟演變為最美的一刻，恐怖份子和人質之間出現意想不到的連結，而來自各國的賓客也成為同胞、密友，甚至戀人。