在亚美尼亚一个与世隔绝的小村庄，鳏夫Hamo带着少的可怜的退休金和3个幼子每日赶往妻子的墓地。在那里他遇到了可爱的尼娜，她也在悼念亡夫。两人同样的贫穷，她在当地一家快要倒闭的酒吧工作，他被迫开始变卖微薄的财产。一切看起来都没有希望，这时Hamo向尼娜求婚，这意外的结合却给他们带来了转机。

Passeurs de Reves opens with longtime sweethearts Dolovan and Zara fleeing from their Mesopotamian village, which has been ravaged by ethnic warfare. As they make their way across the frigid Caucasian Mountains, Zara's parents, who are traveling with the couple, succumb to the elements. Dolovan and Zara eventually make it to a run-down evacuee camp presided over by a friendly Kurdish "tsar," where Zara discovers that her deceased father's suitcase is filled with cash. Although this is ostensibly good news, the cash makes the couple vulnerable to smugglers, dodgy guides, and counterfeiters, all of whom are eager to take advantage of Dolovan and Zara's newfound wealth. To further complicate matters, although they have money, the couple lack necessary visas to continue their journey, and soon Dolovan is taken away by the police. Abandoned in the Ukraine, Zara is robbed and then disappears, while Dolovan, traveling solo, eventually makes it to Paris to reunite with his love.