While a psychopath named Buffalo Bill is murdering women and believing it takes one to know one, the FBI sends Agent Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) to interview a demented prisoner: Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a cannibalistic psychiatrist whose fascination with the young agent is as great as his hunger for murder.
Lapho i-psychopath egama linguBuffalo Bill ibulala abesifazane futhi ikholelwa ukuthi kuthatha umuntu ukuthi azi eyodwa, i-FBI ithumela i-Agent Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) ukuxoxisana nesiboshwa esilahliwe: UDkt Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), udokotela wezifo zengqondo odla umuntu othakazelisa i-ejenti yakhe encane njengalokhu elambele ukubulala.