Peter is in his early forties and until recently he worked in a factory, but after Slovenia's integration into the European Union, the factory closed down and Peter and his colleagues have been made redundant. Slowly but surely, he is losing self-confidence and self-esteem.

The main protagonists of the film are members of the gypsy family Mirga. Lutvija Belmondo Mirga narrates a story about four generations. Belmondo is the central character of the film, a gypsy king, who decided to establish his own gypsy village. He names it Shanghai. Belmondo makes a living smuggling and his power and influence grow big. He even gets the local police and politics on his side and that helps him to become untouchable for law. But with the downfall of Yugoslavia, smuggling of goods is replaced by smuggling of the arms. Though lucrative the business starts to threaten Belmondo’s personal life and he finds himself at the crossroads. Will he protect his own family or is he going to sacrifice his personal happiness for business ambitions?

马尔科一家子原本其乐融融，却由于种种变故陷入窘境，彼此之间的矛盾也越来越多。直到妻子生日这天，全家人终于又拾起了生活的希望……影片通过一个家庭中每个个体的生命感触，生动地折射出了整体社会的面貌，叙事循序渐进，具有说服力。

保罗（吉塞培·巴蒂斯通饰）在朱斯蒂诺·奥斯特里亚（泰科·切利奥饰）的酒吧，他成天在那里度日。保罗在一家以老年顾客为主的食展厅上班，他不太喜欢自己的工作，也没什么钱。能让他感兴趣的除了酒，就只有他的前妻斯蒂芬妮（玛若塔·斯拉米卡饰）了。他对她旧情难忘，想和她重归于好，总是时不时地把她的内衣偷走。可斯蒂芬妮目前正与阿尔菲奥（罗伯托·西特兰饰）相恋，再不想和他有任何瓜葛。保罗的生活便无望地在杯盏中度过，警察因为酒驾的事也时常对他穷追不舍 [6]。机缘巧合因一封远亲的遗嘱而改变了他的生活。傻外甥佐兰的到来使两人在相处中彼此感受到亲情的重要，保罗也因此开始对生活有了新的认识和展望 [1]。