在一列开往广州的高铁上,两个陌生男女因为座位相邻偶然攀谈起来,发现彼此都是“70后”同龄人。男人在广州一家工厂做业务经理,经常出差奔波,与家人异地生活。这次好不容易回家看看,刚呆了两天就接到工厂电话让他赶紧坐车回去。而女人此次出行则是为了散心。看出女人似乎有心事,男人询问起来,两人打开了话匣子,男人埋怨家中妻子不理解自己奔波在外的难处,女人不满丈夫与人处事尤其与异性的行为,列车在起伏的山脉中间行进,时而钻进山洞,时而跨过河面,在一望无际绿油油的田野中穿行,许久静了下来,通过这段两性的沟通,他们似乎明白了什么。
杰姬(凯特·迪基 Kate Dickie 饰)的工作是守候在“城市之眼”系统的操控室内,通过遍布城市的摄像头静静守护夜色中的人们,这份静默的工作就像杰姬此时的生活:在失去丈夫以后,她和冷漠的情人保持着若有如无的关系,同事之间最低限度的交流,还有疏远的双亲,这一切映衬她封冻的情感。某夜,一个出现在摄像头中的身影打破了杰姬的宁静心绪,杰姬开始整日观察这个叫做克莱德·亨德森(托尼·库兰 Tony Curran 饰)的男人,她追踪克莱德与周围人的动向,甚至来到克莱德居住的“红色之路”——一幢住着不少刑满释放人员的公寓,并混入其家中。克莱德为什么引起杰姬的注意?他们之间曾经发生过什么?
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 ...