十六岁艺术家阿图尔的爱情被第一次世界大战的爆发打断了，失去母亲和家后，他在参军中找到了一些安慰，因为这是俄罗斯帝国第一次允许拉脱维亚人参军。然而，战争并不像他想象的那样——没有荣耀，没有公平。这是残酷和痛苦的。随着战争夺去了他的父亲和兄弟的生命，阿图尔现在完全是孤身一人。而且，俄军在承诺迅速解决战争和及时返回家园方面没有任何进展。只有他一个人关心回家，他的祖国只是其他国家的游乐场。在这种观念下，阿图尔为最后的战斗找到了力量，并最终回国从头开始，就像他新出生的国家一样。
Celo a young man from Papua, prompting his father to go look for the lost twin brother since childhood. Celo set off by following the instructions of the dream of his father who saw his twin brother were in the battlefield.
Algiers, a few years after the civil war. Amal and Samir have decided to celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary in a restaurant. While on their way, their share their views on Algeria: Amal talks about lost illusions and Samir about the necessity to cope with them. At the same time, their son Fahim and his friends Feriel and Reda are wandering about in a hostile Algiers ...
