At the turn of the 20th Century Baku was an astonishing place. An outpost of the Russian Imperial Empire on the Caspian Sea, its newly-minted local and foreign oil tycoons had transformed the city from a sleepy oriental trading-post in the desert into a throbbing international city. A bloody revolution resulted in a brief shining period of democracy before it was crushed by the Bolsheviks. Under Soviet control for 70 years, Baku is now rediscovering its former glory as it draws on its position as the bridge between east and west, and its rich and varied history.

故事发生在第一次世界大战刚刚结束后，满目疮痍的大地正在缓慢的恢复之中。穆斯林学生阿里（亚当·巴克里 Adam Bakri 饰）有着尊贵的出身，家族里洋溢着浓厚的宗教气氛。一次偶然中，他邂逅了名为尼诺（玛利亚·瓦沃德 María Valverde 饰）的女孩，尼诺是信仰东正教的基督徒，虽然两人的宗教信仰截然不同，但之间还是碰撞出的爱情的火花。
和阿里不同，尼诺从小接受的是欧式的文化教育，倾向于多元和开放，因此这段跨越了种族和宗教的爱情并没有给她带来太大的困扰。阿里和尼诺一起度过了许多美好的岁月，游荡在广袤的天地之间，然而，他们仍然需要面对来自现实的问题。