導演沿著波羅的海沿岸展開拍攝，鏡頭對準與汪洋為鄰的水手、漁夫、學者、婦女與當地居民。各色人等從生命經驗出發，訴說自己與這片海的故事，哲思、藝術、科學和生活裡都蘊含著他們對「海」的觀點，話題更離不開國族歷史、生態環境和政治局勢；而所謂「海」的風景，也隨著四季、時代不斷變化。

The sons of Elizabeth Paetzold reveal, little by little, what they have in common. And their story is a real, living history lesson of Pomerania - throughout history inhabited by Kashubians, Germans & Poles. Over twenty years had to pass before their true identities were confirmed. All the sons were born in the Paetzold family country manor - a formerly German area of Pomerania, near Danzig, which became Polish again & definitely-so after mid 1945, just 9 months after the last of the brothers was born. Elizabeth could only take 2 of the children out of the area before the Red Army took over. The other children remained in Polish orphanages, 2 of them adopted by Polish families. During this meeting, what the brothers call their "last reunion" - the eldest was born in 1938 & the youngest in late 1944, interviews with all the sons, their wives, partner, children, in-laws & neighbors participate...

烏克蘭的猶太文化重鎮切爾諾夫策，在納粹戰亂時，流失了許多猶太居民。二戰後，茲威林先生與祖克曼女士，兩位集中營倖存者來到了小鎮，落腳一生。年近90的他們，每天都會碰面讀報聊天，性格迥異的兩人，一位以悲觀主義者自居，一位則拒絕訴諸失敗主義，在他們的記憶裡皆銘刻著二十世紀最沉重的苦難。