情感的宿命

西北大地上的祁连山脚下，牧马人高青山厮守着一群马，在草原过着天地悠悠的日子。高青山养的马是为了供给采集马血的血站使用的。春天小马降生，夏天草原留下高锦与小马的美好时光。平日里老高喜欢收集各种动物的标本，他经常行走在山间，草原的角落似乎藏着各种不明原因死亡的动物尸体。老高把它们捡回来收拾干净做成标本，有时候还会贩卖给一些游客。未曾想，正是这小小的贩卖使得他一下子陷入人生的被动之地，引来了牢狱之灾。

利亚姆准备在汉普顿与一个年轻的法国女孩克莱门斯结婚。 他的姐姐奥黛丽和她的丈夫伊桑开车去参加婚礼，但奥黛丽的动机很可能会阻止这场婚礼。 奥黛丽和克莱蒙斯相处的并不愉快，因为克莱蒙斯是一位完美的法国美女，让奥黛丽想起了自己的不完美之处。 由于她自己失去了机会、自己的不确定性和40年的人生选择而产生的嫉妒情绪可能会爆发并灼伤她的新嫂子。

Gyeong-ah works as a caregiver and lives alone. The only one she can rely on is her daughter, Yeon-su, but it's hard to see her after she moved out on her own. Meanwhile, Yeon-su, who is suffering from her ex-boyfriend, Sang-hyun, argues with him again and visits her mother’s house. After Yeon-su left, Gyeong-ah receives a shocking message from a stranger.

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 ...