罗马帝国统治下的埃及，一个家庭为躲避追杀而隐秘生电影天堂。家中年轻的儿子（被称为“男孩”）开始对自己的监护人（被称为“木匠”）的身份和教诲产生深深的怀疑。

改编自德博拉·利维所著布克奖提名小说，讲述一对陷入困境的夫妇和他们的青少年女儿去度假，生活被漂浮在别墅泳池里的裸体陌生人改变了。小说设定在1994年夏天，颇有名望的诗人乔·雅各布斯和他的妻子伊莎贝尔、女儿妮娜以及他们的朋友米切尔和劳拉夫妇在法国南部的避暑别墅度假，当乔的粉丝凯蒂出现后，宁静生活被打破，她对乔的迷恋和性吸引力是显而易见的，但伊莎贝尔还是邀请她留下来。伊莎贝尔是一名驻外记者，她的工作一再使她远离家人，她已经逐渐容忍乔持续的不忠。与此同时，凯蒂的心理问题越来越明显，而唯一敢于解决问题的却是妮娜。接近尾声时，凯蒂似乎准备自杀，但最终却是乔自杀了。事实证明，凯蒂的精神问题只是乔更加根深蒂固的抑郁症的反映。

The newest film from Greek director Syllas Tzoumerkas and his second collaboration with Angeliki Papoulia, star of the New Greek Cinema (Dogtooth, The Lobster), is a fierce and untamed crime tale, told in larger-than-life images.　　柏林电影节全景单元

十部必看的希腊电影经典之一。如果想了解希腊文化尤其是音乐此片必看。1984年柏林电影节最佳导演银熊奖。　　Considered to be one of the most powerful and emotional Greek movies, Rembetiko focuses on the life of an individual woman,a real person and through her personal story, it retells the story of Greece,from 1920 to 1955the national disaster in Asia Minor,the one million refugees who came to Greece,the World War II,the Nazi occupation,the Civil War.The tragedy and the glory of a nation during the century.And all these bound with the music of rembetiko,the music of the outcasts.Great direction,great performances,great music.A voyage to history of the first half of the 20th century, but also a voyage to the origins of rembetiko.Realistic and dreamy.An original Greek epic.