影片根据1989 年发生的真实故事改编，揭露了一段鲜为人知的古巴历史。切尔诺贝利核事故发生之后，哈瓦那大学的俄罗斯文学教授马林被任命为古巴医生与受到辐射伤害的苏联儿童之间的翻译，帮助受害者接受治疗。马林被迫从孤独抽象的学术世界中抽离出来，进入这个充满了痛苦、创伤和药品的无情现实世界。最初，他对自己的新工作十分不满。目睹的痛苦逐渐转变成巨大的情感压力，使他越来越沮丧。当马林遇到一个孩子给他讲了一个故事后，马林开始走进孩童患者的心，并尽自己最大的努力去改善他们的生活并缓解他们的病情。就在马林找到自己的道路并开始适应新工作时，柏林墙倒塌，古巴开始了有史以来最严重的经济危机。马林的妻子伊索娜是一位当代艺术策展人，丈夫长期不在身边，即使回到家也总是冷淡疏远，对此她感到很失望。但现在马林对医院中受切尔诺贝利影响的孩子的生活如此关注，以至于他没有注意到家人的痛苦。他必须通过在医院学到的教训重新回到自己的妻子和孩子身边，并成为一个更好的人。

Ernesto lives life in a limbo of sorts, stuck somewhere between the promise of an exit visa and the fear of rotting away in Havana. But his smooth-talking schemes to secure papers are complicated when he crosses paths with Anita, and is faced with the only incentive to stay in Cuba—love. Screenwriter Alejandro Brugués makes his directorial debut with this poignant romance about the price of freedom, the power of sacrifice and the meaning of happiness.
Alejandro Brugues was born in Buenos Aires, but he is a Cuban national. After studying Advertising, Psychology and Philosophy, he graduated with a Screenwriting major from the Escuela de San Antonio de los Banos. After taking his first steps as a screenwriter, he directed and wrote this first work, which received awards at the Cine en Construcción section of the Guadalajara Film Festival. Personal belongings is a love story that takes on the everyday reality of Cuba: Ernesto keeps his "personal belongings" in a briefcase, waiting for the moment when he will finally be able to leave the island; meanwhile Ana has decided to stay and not go with her parents, who fled on a raft. The two youngsters meet when he goes to the policlinic where she works, and although by falling in love they each find what they were looking for in each other, they also know they have decided on very different paths and at some point they’ll have to make a final choice.

在一所寄宿学校，雷德尔目睹了他的同学兰迪遭受虐待…