一个神秘的飞行器坠毁在塞浦路斯一个名不见经传的小村庄里。坠毁点既是男主角家门口的土豆田，又和联合国控制的缓冲区相毗邻。于是平日安静的小村庄顿时变得鸡犬不宁。一边是国际组织暗中来取飞行器，一边是男主暗自计划把飞行器挖出来抵债。本就忙于选举和土豆节的小村庄里，上演了一出荒诞又可笑的好戏。影片时而如警匪片般扣人心弦，时而又如喜剧片令人忍俊不禁，塞浦路斯小村之景也在观众面前徐徐展开。

A film about a man walking a paper-thin line between hopelessness and euphoria, testing and pushing the boundaries of conventions and impulse.

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.