在这部暴力的漩涡剧情/家庭片中,作为一部新世纪的阿尔巴尼亚电影，本片已不再是我们曾经熟悉的革命题材，而将目光聚焦在当今社会最尖锐的移民问题上，展现了阿尔巴尼亚移民在希腊的边缘生活状况。哥哥塞米是个与希腊人结婚的移民，但其平静美满的家庭生活却在弟弟来希腊后就乱套了。弟弟不务正业，沦入阿尔巴尼亚黑帮，最终惹来杀身之祸，酿成悲剧。几位表现不俗的青年演员，再加上洛迦诺与圣塞巴斯蒂安双料影帝安东尼斯·卡费佐普洛斯的精湛演技，贡献了一部令人动容的移民血泪史。
Saimir and his younger brother, Vini are Albanian. They both try to integrate in the life of Thessaloniki a town in north of Greece in their own way. Saimir is engaged to a Greek young woman and works as a repairman in his father-in-law's repair shop. He tries his best to help his brother Vini become self-sufficient and respectful through work. However, Vini lacks both the patience and persistence that his brother has. He is compelled to work in jobs that his brother finds for him, but is systematically fired. Hurt and chapfallen, he does not want to be dependent on Saimir and seeks to show to him that he can walk on his own. Trying to overcome the despair at a bar near the harbor, he gets acquainted with Ben, a tiny trafficker of human beings, who is closely related to the local Albanian mafia. Thus, the page of disillusioned Vini's life is turning. He earns easy money and lives in luxury, but in the meantime he discovers the nightmare of clandestine prostitution as well as the ...
