The film tells two stories apparently very distant are slowly approaching each other. On the one hand is Babarimisa, a young man from Benin who suffers from a relentless disease for which seems to have no remedy. Desperate to save his mother, Morenike, a Yoruba priestess goes to invoke the power of the Orishas gods. Meanwhile in Argentina, Shantas is a young offender living in a marginal area tainted by the practices of Umbanda, a cult derived from African religions. None of us can even imagine the surprises that come in the destination.

五名青少年暗夜携枪逃离感化院，徒步跨越寂寥荒山，只为构筑一个「家」的梦想。回归最原始的存在条件，他们靠打猎及抢劫喂饱自己，杀人不眨眼，他们吸毒、玩闹，沐浴于溪流，如猛兽般斗殴与做爱，仿佛没有明天。但看似野蛮的行径，在剥离层层道德的假面后，却透露出成长的孤单，与渴望抵达温饱之地的心境。

在社会底层，充斥看不见的人，他们于无人留意的时候， 默默浸淫在看不见的哀愁。十七岁少女过着平凡生活： 上学、在宠物店兼职，唯孤独难掩躁动，扰攘渗透寂寞。有什么令她不再平淡的事件在周围的空气飘荡，可是当真的有什么发生了，到头来又必须若无其事，一切交给上天决定，连最难承受的生与死也可轻放。戛纳金摄影机奖得主柏保罗佐治利以写实主义手法捕捉沉郁，顺利让压抑通过大量特写汩汩流出，最终有否释放已变得不再重要。威尼斯影展惊艳者众。