A group of friends return home with Hunter Killian to support him as he shares a family secret only to learn that sometimes older secrets are more deadly Hunter was childhood friends with Ben Holister but rumors of horrid abuse made Hunter#39s parents force him to stop playing with Ben Hunter was Ben#39s only connection to reality and the everevading hope that he could one day lead a normal life This disconnect combined with his deep isolation into the dreary world of abuse force him into creating a false view of pain, love, and the world of acceptance around him Ben returns from this world pitted deeply with anger and terrorizes the friends with the lessons he#39s learned
17岁库德族少女小琴从游击队叛逃一路上背着枪枝穿越暗夜丛林躲避政府军和自己的同伙她编造理由搭便车远行徒手面对意图强暴的工头一路上险象环生最终在同样患难的动物间得到温暖旅途上无止尽的凶险中野兽们似乎是她那渺小存在的唯一见证导演刻画人与万物间的交流慰藉以充满神性的写实凝视开创独特的电影语言惊艳国际
黑人移工里奥莫名从工地一跃而下陷入昏迷；护士玛丽安娜为了逃离她在里斯本的生活自愿陪着里奥回到家乡――前葡萄牙殖民地佛得角在这个岩浆不断喷发的火山岛上不谙方言的她虽无法与当地人沟通却能感受到一股神祕的死亡力量并经历了一段无疾而终的爱情在玛丽安娜的私密旅程中关于殖民的伤痕爱与孤独之忧郁意象不言而喻
