U.S. President Henry Ashton attends a political summit in Salamanca, Spain, to promote an international treaty. Displayed with eight differing viewpoints, an assassination attempt on the president occurs, relayed in a time span of 23 minutes. Each time the events unfold from the beginning, a new ''vantage point'' is shown revealing additional details, which ultimately completes the story of what actually took place during the incident.<ref name=film/>