山謬（托馬斯桑斯特）和貝克特的父親原是莎翁戲劇的演員，卻因嗜賭成癮，讓生活幾乎無以為繼。當貝克特到處招搖撞騙，希望用騙來的錢盡快替父親償還賭債時，終於惹禍上身。不過，這時正是考驗一家人如何重新團結一致凝聚親情，共同尋求避災解禍的關鍵時刻。到底他們是否可以躲過仇家的追殺？

One has to be brave enough to accept loosing old self for the sake of growing up. Kira becomes adult briskly, watching her family and soviet childhood smashing into pieces. So does Ukraine in the early 90th, launching painful process of transformation into an independent country.