这部影片还有一个译名是《年轻人，向前一步走！》，这个片名透露着给予年轻人希望的信息。这部影片刻画了一个有着沉重过去的男人，影片还探讨了上一辈人与子女的关系。片中充满着种种讯息和隐喻。

1974年，葡萄牙人及其后裔逃离安哥拉，民族主义团体逐渐夺回了他们的领土。一位部落女孩与一名葡萄牙士兵相遇，体验了爱情与死亡。

In 1974, the Portuguese and their descendants fled Angola where nationalist groups gradually claimed their territory back. A tribal girl discovers love and death when her path crosses that of a Portuguese soldier. Then, a Portuguese squad is barracked inside a wall from which they will have to escape once the past comes out of the grave to claim its long-awaited justice.

Maria de Noronha, at 13 years old, suffers from high fevers and violent hemoptysis caused by a ruthless tuberculosis. To alleviate the pain, she gathers poppies from her garden and, at night, places them on her bed pillows. But the poppies have a devastating effect. Her deep sleep is invaded by ghosts and hallucinations: the luxury and decadence of the Portuguese 16th century. A broken nation, occupied by strangers.