Dominique Lapierre and Javier Moro narrate the moving human and technological adventure which led to the tragedy of Bhopal. It was five past twelve on the night of the 2nd to the 3rd of December 1984. A dazzling cloud of toxic gas escapes from an American pesticide factory built in the ancient India city of Bhopal. The result: thirty thousand dead and five hundred thousand injured. A true story.