艾米(布里奇特·米拉 Brigitte Mira 饰)是一名60岁的清洁女工,辛苦工作的她拿着微薄的工资,生活很是清贫。机缘巧合之下,她结识了40岁的阿里(El Hedi ben Salem 饰),他们一起跳了一支舞后阿里提出送艾米回家。夜深了,阿里错过了末班车,只得在艾米家留宿。两个孤独寂寞的人相见恨晚,秉烛夜谈,当艾米为此感到深深的疑虑时,阿里只是淡淡的安慰了她。果不其然,艾米留宿男人的事情很快传遍了大街小巷,邻居同事的指指戳戳教她如坐针毡,无奈的她只得编撰了一个谎言,她说阿里是她的未婚夫。这门婚事毫不意外的遭到了所有人的反对,大家尽己所能的排挤、诋毁这对夫妻,这使得他们决定外出旅行避避风头。回来后两人的境遇有所好转,并不是街坊邻居接纳了他们,而是因为他们有了新的排挤对象。没有了外界的压力,艾米和阿里的感情却又因为内部的矛盾而产生了裂痕。 影片用写实的手法展现了一个冷漠、刻薄的社会,探讨了这个社会之中存在的各种歧视以及人性之中孤独又灰暗的一面。
Joe 'Tom' Yateley is an ex-convict. Trying to leave his past behind, he decides to starts working for the Hawlett Trucking company, which transports gravel. It's an aggressive company, where speed is everything. Doing too less runs in a day You're out. Red is the most experienced trucker, he can do 18 runs in a day. Tom soon makes friends with Lucy, the secretary, and Gino, a driver. But the record of Red intrigues him and he wants to break it. Gino advises against it, but he helps Tom when he wants to go through with it. Soon trouble begins when Red and the other drivers form an united front against Tom. Just when Tom has enough and decides to pack his bags, Lucy tells him Gino had a terrible accident. She also tells about the corruption of Hawlett Trucking.
亚美莉亚(玛格丽特·库里 Margaret Qualley 饰)雇佣了打手杰克逊(罗素·克劳 Russell Crowe 饰),委托他帮助自己摆脱正在监视自己的私家侦探霍兰德(瑞恩·高斯林 Ryan Gosling 饰),哪知道在完成任务的过程中,杰克逊发现,一个远比霍兰德危险得多的人亦在监视着亚美莉亚的一举一动,更糟糕的是,亚美莉亚随后失踪了,无奈之下,杰克逊只得再度找到霍兰德,要求他寻找亚美莉亚的下落。 之后,霍兰德的女儿霍莉(安格瑞·赖斯 Angourie Rice 饰)也加入了行动当中,随着调查的深入,越来越多的线索被联系到了一起,越来越多的角色被卷入这个巨大的阴谋之中。