奎诺（Quino）是一位墨西哥潜水员，在海底发现了一颗珍珠。他和他的妻子胡安娜（Juana）及其儿子刚刚拥有了一颗价值数千的珍珠。每天人们都在尝试赚钱，甚至珍珠交易商也试图将其剥夺。奎诺（Quino）有一天受到攻击时，他是为了自卫而杀死攻击者。他的兄弟建议他们唯一的希望是离开村庄。但是，在给儿子提供从未有过的教育的过程中，有人可能会采取任何措施来阻止这种情况。 Quino is a Mexican diver who discovers a pearl at the bottom of the sea. He and his wife Juana, and their son have just taken possession of a pearl that is worth thousands. Everyday people try to get in on the cash, even Pearl Dealers try to rip them off. When Quino is attacked one day, he kills his attackers in self defence. His brother suggests their only hope is to leave the village. But on their journey to give their son an education they never had, someone may just do anything to prevent it.
该剧本由André Téchiné和Régis de Martrin-Donos撰写，以即将退休的技术和科学警察的特工Lucie为中心。一对年轻夫妇（一个小女孩的父母）来到他的小区，这让他孤独的日常生活感到不安。当她爱上她的新邻居时，她发现父亲Yann是一名反警察活动家，有着沉重的犯罪记录。Lucie的职业良知与她帮助这个家庭的愿望之间的道德冲突将动摇她的确定性......
During one fatal afternoon in an empty elementary school the two mothers of Armand (6) and Jon (6) get into a desperate fight to be believed when one son is accused of crossing boundaries against the other. All means are used, and soon a blend of madness,
Leila George stars, alongside her mother Greta Scacchi, as a young woman so determined to save her drug-addicted brother that she locks him in a room to get clean.
