在这部午夜边缘剧情片中,03年坎城影展最佳女主角瑪麗喬絲克魯茲主演。年輕的孤女艾恰獨自出現在摩洛哥中部的森林裡，一直以來有著過往經歷的她，總是勇敢地堅持自己的決定。她從阿特拉斯山脈的家鄉被賣走，現在她的命運掌握在竊賊阿巴斯和他的女友娜迪亞手裡。他們與一名摩洛哥/伊拉克出身的作家扎卡里亞相遇，他拋下教師女友茱蒂絲，為尋找失蹤的兄弟。眾人踏上一段旅程，從摩洛哥一直到伊斯坦堡，再穿越庫德斯坦到伊拉克以南。
A young orphan, Aicha, is found alone in the forests of central Morocco. She has a personal history that reveals a courageous attempt at self-determination. Taken and sold from her home in the hills of the Atlas mountains, Aicha finds herself at the mercy of Abbas, a petty criminal, and his conflicted girlfriend, Nadia. They soon cross paths with Zacaria, a Moroccan/Iraqi writer, who has left everything behind- including a passionate relationship with a teacher, Judith- to follow in the path of and search for his missing brother. The group embarks on a journey that will lead them from Morocco, to Istanbul, across the plains of Kurdistan, to Iraq and beyond.
