The story of a five year old little rebellious girl Vitka with her teenage cousin Larysa and her boyfriend, the young criminal Scar unfolds in a Ukrainian provincial setting. Larysa finds herself at a crossroads after the death of her father. Yearning to be self made, the village community ostracizes her for loving Scar. Larysa discovers her grandmother once sacrificed her love for a young gypsy abandoning him for traditional values and other people's opinions. Larysa's mother is too psychologically weak to support her daughter. Larysa and Scar plan to escape from a life of crime, misery and their relatives. But are they ready to pay the full price for freedom?

　　在芬兰北部临近瑞士的一个边陲小镇上，一个退休警察发现其私生子的出狱对整个小镇都造成了威胁。私生子在发现了家里不可告人的秘密后，开始伺机报复自己不称职的父亲，从他身边的亲朋好友中一个个下手，当然也不会放过他那同父异母的兄弟。被仇恨吞噬的两兄弟一时间令镇民们都陷入了恐慌之中。为了不让儿子们再生事端，警察不得不直面自己曾经所犯下的错误。

影片讲述两个男人之间复杂的情感故事，gay社团律师马吕斯(Eimutis Kvosciauskas饰)的生活一直在流逝，他整日都在与朋友玩乐、追逐年轻的恋人。而当马吕斯疏远已久的父亲去世。马吕斯发现他与一名困在塞尔维亚贝尔格莱德的叙利亚难民、性工作者阿里(Do?a? Y?ld?z饰)有着意想不到的联系，哀悼也悄然间转变为了爱情。

影片根据前电影记者汤姆-布莱迪的原著小说改编而来。 　　故事的起源发生在1973年，一个名叫克洛特的小女孩，因为护送弟弟时失误而让弟弟惨遭杀害。20年之后，成年的克洛特（安德丽亚·瑞斯波罗格 Andrea Riseborough 饰）为了复仇，成了一名非常激进的爱尔兰共和军，并和另外两个兄弟格里和科尼尔联手接下了组织安排的一个棘手任务——在伦敦地铁制造一场惊天爆炸。但在这次行动中，克洛特被英国军情五处的高级官员麦克（克里夫·欧文 Clive Owen 饰）截获，麦克给了克洛特两条路选择：一是去坐25年牢，永远别再想见到自己的儿子；二是背叛兄弟，成为军情五处的绝密线人。为此，克洛特不得不背叛身为爱尔兰共和军的家人和自己的信仰。但在一次次行动中，双方都发现了有内鬼在作怪，于是克洛特首当其冲地被当作了牺牲品......

The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes is appropriate, and begins to suspect that his new manager has designs not only on his wife but on his business. Meanwhile, someone from the new manager's past shows up with information that could wreck his plans.