人人都要低头，这是我们坚持下来的办法……水牛比尔的儿子不如他老子枪瞄得准，但却坚持练习；保罗和父亲剪头发剪得一样好，但父亲并不给他机会，甚至对他毫不在意。两场冲突，两个时代，同一种需要被认可的渴望，两个故事也不会轻描淡写略过。

The face to face between a young african woman and a young drop out in a desert subway corridor will lead to show that they have more in common than was apparent at first.

Lakdar, a youth worker in a home for juvenile offenders in Marseille, goes to court along with one of the teenagers he's in charge of, Sabrina. She is to be judged for an offence she committed a while before. Lakdar feels confident: he is convinced that their efforts will be rewarded...

年过六旬的自由职业画家保罗·卡斯代罗因为让一个身为左翼激进分子领袖的年轻女子上了自己的车而被拘留调查。由于这个逃犯身份难以辨认，保罗必须要向警方描绘出她的样子。而这勾起了他的陈年回忆。