The story of boys who were condemned to the severe reformatory regime in a French penal ‘colony’. It’s run by a former prison warden, based on ‘rehabilitattion’ trough manual labor and strict discipline. Young Reynard, a novice to crime and juvenile detention, meets horrible hardened villains and sadistic staff as well as people with some heart among fellow inmates and their supposed educators.

马克西姆和伊斯特本是从小在一起玩的好朋友。一天，马克西姆偶然得知伊斯特本的父母决定不久将举家搬迁回圣地亚哥。不忍心与好友分离的马克西姆决定鼓励伊斯特本参加电视选秀节目从而延迟他们一家的行程。最终的结局会否让马克西姆得偿所愿吗？