30年代的波兰有个传统：基督教男孩要跟犹太家庭共同生活一段日子，以此向犹太工匠们学习做买卖。于是，伊凡来到一个大家族跟亚伯拉罕以及他的家人同住，学习意第绪语，并成为了亚伯拉罕的好朋友。但是由于当地的贫穷、无知和迷信引发出激烈的反犹太主义，两个小男孩只好逃向乡村，避免冲突。两人在险恶的环境中一同游历，显示出他们的纯真和不可分离。

They had a fleeting vision one night during the filming of Mr. Beautiful. One of them told Selim Nassib in Arabic that she had walked from Gaza to become a transsexual in Tel Aviv. I called her La Belle de Gaza. With my camera, I looked for her everywhere.