Film sobre el secuestro en Italia, en 1973, de John Paul Getty III, y los desesperados esfuerzos de su madre por conseguir que el abuelo del joven, el magnate del petróleo John Paul Getty Sr., considerado uno de los hombres más ricos del mundo, pagase el rescate.
In a dystopian future, where one ex-government scientist holds the key to ending the nation's famine, only a government investigator can stand in his way. His secret research is threatened when a neighbour reports his suspicious behaviour.