20世纪70年代末，伊朗爆发翻天覆地的革命。库尔德族诗人萨赫尔（Behrouz Vossoughi 饰）在革命中受到冲击，他被指控撰写大量抨击批判当局的政治诗歌而和妻子米娜（莫妮卡·贝鲁奇 Monica Bellucci 饰）遭到逮捕。在狱中，夫妇俩经受了残酷的折磨和非人待遇。历经三十年的漫长刑期，萨赫尔重获自由，此时米娜早于五年前离开监狱。为了寻找妻子的下落，萨赫尔辗转来到土耳其。饱受时代和命运碾压的夫妇，他们的苦难远远没有尽头。荒野上的无助寻访，往昔斑驳滴血的记忆交替浮现……
　　本片根据伊朗诗人Sadegh Kamangar的日记改编，荣获2012年亚太电影节最佳摄影奖。

　　相貌平平、年过而立的亨里克（Henrik）虽然要当爸爸了，却仍想保持青春的幻想，作为一个不称职的爸爸恣意妄为、逃避责任。然而，他的不称职和戏谑通过讽刺的方式掩盖了他缺失安全感，想要逃避周遭的世界。本片参杂着生活的辛酸，凭借真实性以及演员生动的表演荣获2012年卡罗维发利国际电影节最佳影片、最佳男演员两项大奖。

　　Set in Prague in 1953, this suspenseful crime drama follows honest police captain Hakl (Trojan) and his investigation of a seemingly mundane robbery at a goldsmith’s shop. In a fraught political climate, this incident is seized on by the Communist authorities, who require a smokescreen for their own, far grander, deception.
　　On the orders of State Security, Hakl’s investigation is taken over by Major Zenke (Sebastian Koch, The Lives of Others), an East German specialist, who has been told to “prove” that the gold was stolen by the Jewish community to finance Zionist terrorism. But the experienced Hakl’s instincts puts him on the path of an altogether different story. Can one just man stand up to the forces of an increasingly oppressive state? The shadow of the past looms over all involved, and this can make a culprit of a victim and a hero of a culprit. Somber and atmospheric, this is a moving and compelling study of the Stalinist era.

　　讲述阿方索X时代的历史故事。