Two families go on holiday together to Europe. Whilst the children enjoy their new found freedom, little secrets start to unravel from within the quartet of adults, sparking conflict.

Based on the real-life experiences of Mende Nazer, the story unfolds as twelve-year-old Malia, daughter of champion wrestler Bah, is abducted from her Sudanese village in the Nubar Mountains by pro-government Arab militia and sold into slavery to a woman in Khartoum, who beats her for touching her daughter. After six years she is sent to London, where her name is changed, but her miserable life of servitude continues. Her passport is taken and she is told that her father will die if she goes to the authorities. Fortunately she meets a sympathetic person who seems to offer her the hope of escape and reunion with Bah ,back in Sudan. For all the film's optimism an end title states that there are around 5,000 'slave' workers currently in Britain.

老国王李尔打算退位后把国土一分为三，赠予女儿女婿们。但大女儿和二女儿的野心，外加李尔王的年老昏聩，把这变成了一场“爱的审判”，并把整个王国拖入悲剧的暴风雨之中。 首次登上莎士比亚环球剧院的美国导演南希·梅克勒打破了这部莎翁经典悲剧一贯的庄重气质，挖掘出其喜剧潜力。她在老国王逐步走向疯癫的过程中，捕捉到一种残酷的幽默，环球演员们街头艺人般的稚拙风格，也让观众有了放声大笑的机会，使得作品呈现出悲剧和喜剧体裁之间的流动与平衡。笑声与戏谑也激起了对于迷失和疯狂的怜悯，引发了更多关于人性堕落与崇高之间的思考。