In the film The Silence of the Lambs , Clarice Starling is the main character , who is a young FBI trainee , who tries to apprehend a serial killer named `` Buffalo Bill '' .
In the film , Clarice Starling , a young FBI trainee , seeks the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Hannibal Lecter , a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer to apprehend another serial killer , known only as `` Buffalo Bill '' , who skins his female victims ' corpses .
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