警方在草丛中发现一具白人女孩的尸体，随后，种族矛盾和腐败问题开始在这个小镇愈演愈烈

A tenuously linked group of nobodies trudge through their woeful existence in dreary Winnipeg. A sickly middle-aged man in a failing marriage, a stand-up comedian whose sets are met by utter indifference, a stoner couple who share only trivial exchanges, and a young loner unsympathetic to his caring mother are each living lives lost in translation, detached from their surroundings and the people around them. -- from viff.org

影片讲述了南非种族隔离时期曾经发生过的一个真实故事，Sandra Laing是出生在1950年代南非的一个黑人小孩，和南非白人一道经历了三十年的时间来寻求生活的出路，得到社会的认可。