Sebastian, a young man, has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else, without knowing where they will take him. Something else he does not know is that Gerard Dorez, a cop on a knife-edge, is tailing him. When he reaches his destination, Sebastian falls into a degenerate, clandestine world of mental chaos behind closed doors in which men gamble on the lives of others men.

本片重现戏剧性的选美比赛，只不过参赛者不是婀娜多姿的曼妙少女，而是十位已为人母的平凡女人，其中五人更来自社会中最贫穷的阶层。乔治亚妈咪们明争暗斗、卯尽全力希望赢得冠军，全为了获得一座公寓与25,000美元的奖赏。然而，随着主办单位与嗜血媒体对参赛者悲情经历的不断剥削，种族、战争和国族的争辩最终都成了节目笑点，究竟乔治亚妈妈们的梦想是否得以实现？还是终归幻灭为一场现实且无情的闹剧？本片代表乔治亚角逐美国奥斯卡最佳外语片。