在这部分离的世界剧情片中,过去南非仍采取黑白种族隔离政策时，西方曾拍摄不少攻击此政策的影片，本片是其中佳作之一，改编自真人真事。
剧情透过白人新闻记者戴娜的十三岁女儿莫莉的眼光，观察当时南非社会不人道的特殊状况，以丰富而动人的感情场面来烘托出严肃的主题。
莫莉之父因从事反对运动躲避官方追捕而逃到国外，母亲则被南非政府施行“九十天拘禁法”，成为第一位因反对黑白隔离而遭拘禁的白人女子。她与家人长期分离，又遭逼供而不肯招认同志，一度企图服药自尽。莫莉与两个妹妹在外婆照顾下亦遭严密监控，形同家庭破碎。悲愤的莫莉经由母亲的解释与本身的遭遇，逐渐了解双亲为什么要从事反对运动。
A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?
