Maurizio is a stubborn boy who grows up near the fiumara, where people throw away whatever they no longer need. This open-air dump becomes his playground, where among wrecked cars and other treasures large and small, he begins to dream of playing in the town band. Mamma Rosa looks on his musical aspirations as a childish whim, a luxury that the family cannot afford. And so, between the good advice by Mosè the donkey and the pranks by chicken N’Giulina, Maurizio is faced with a growing series of adventures and comes to the realization that, if his dream is to come true, he must be determined to see it through right to the end.

　　影片根据导演布莱克周遭的真实故事改编，此前曾改编为一部同名短片。影片描绘曼德薇饰演的年轻母亲，努力拯救她14岁的儿子，使其脱离全国性的毒品销售企业。迪金森则饰演一个专门利用脆弱少年，并将他们带到英国县界的帮派招募人员。

两个年轻人在公寓醒来，边吃早餐边聊天，然后去取单车

1940年代，法西斯德国统治下的罗马尼亚，游击队和反法西斯抵抗组织不断袭击敌人的码头、车站和桥梁。前线吃紧，统治者却找不到向前方运送军火的船长。此时，抵抗组织却因缺乏武器而苦恼，地下党员托玛（彼得勒斯库 饰）为了从敌人手中搞到大批军火，混入码头囚犯队伍，以期登上运军火的轮船。新婚的船长米哈依（弗拉比耶 饰）是一个疾恶如仇的爱国者，他的妻子安娜（吉欧莱依 饰）美丽善良。托玛被米哈依选中做水手，运送军火去前线。在船上，他们合伙干掉了押送军火的德国兵，排除漂流在多瑙河上恐怖的水雷，把武器运送给游击队。战斗中，米哈依不幸牺牲，临终前握着托玛的手叮嘱道“安娜是个好姑娘，你要好好照顾她......”

当邪恶联盟的领导人威胁要摧毁一个叛军星球以获取其资源时，他的女儿别无选择，只能加入叛军一方，为正义而战。