In 1955 a couple of prominent Greek Istanbulites adopt an orphan Greek girl, twelve-year-old Polyxeni, who is separated from her younger brother. She embarks on a new life and a future that looks bright, but she will have to defend what’s rightfully hers.

一个来自潮湿森林的现代西部故事。尼基塔斯扎根于家乡，常年独自打理着自家的农林产业。除此之外，就是和逐渐入侵的工业巨企做斗争，试图保卫当地的老派生活和自家一亩三分地。阔别多年的儿子突然回家，随之而来的是久别的疏离、未解的心结和明显的敌意。父子关系本已紧张，一场巨变又悄然而至…社会心理学出身的导演乔治斯·格里戈拉基斯在他的首部长片中就以独特的作者风格，将山林里泥泞湿冷的环境和微妙的人际氛围刻画得淋漓尽致，挖掘父子之间的命运羁绊，关照人类与自然的共生关怀。