While on tour in the West Bank, a small circus troupe from Eastern Europe finds that one of its featured attractions -- its lion -- is missing. The search for the beast draws together an unlikely alliance, but the united effort becomes more complicated as it continues.

一位前警察，现在却在为一个暴力团伙卖命，从事非法引渡应召女郎的活动。在他帮助其中一名女郎的过程中，对自己有了一个新的认识。一位来自沙漠地带的农民与妻子关系冷淡，忧郁的他发现真正了解自己的是他的泰国工人。一个脾气暴躁的巡逻员牵挂着他年老残疾的父亲，而唯一能够帮助他的是菲律宾门卫艾迪。原本没有任何联系的三个故事，却在命运的安排下走到了一起。