善良的雅各•彼得森(麦德斯•米科尔森 饰)在印度开了一间孤儿院,致力救济无家可归的孤儿。当他的孤儿院正面临倒闭危机的时候却收到了一笔来自一名叫乔真(罗夫•拉斯加德 饰)的丹麦商人的慷慨捐款。但这名商人却附带了一个条件,他要求雅各离开印度,前往去参加他女儿的婚礼。
为了得到捐款,雅各独自前往了丹麦。因为答应了孤儿院里某个孩子要为他办生日会,所以雅各也订好了回印度的行程。后来他找到了乔真,雅各发现他是个傲慢的人,而且乔真因为酗酒留下了后遗症
他应邀出席了婚礼,婚礼上他遇到了乔真的妻子海伦(西德斯•巴比特•科努德森 饰),即使多年没见,他们两还是认出了彼此……。莱娜在父亲的阴影下每天过著地狱般的生活,她唯一来往的对象是旅馆同事穆法塔斯,莱娜从未答应但也没拒绝他的追求,痛苦的莱娜只想挣脱生活中的恶性循环;在城市的另一端,有位技师正为他刚过世的妻子哀伤,一只装有他妻子衣物的行李箱,竟出其不意地改变莱娜的命运…
Because of her father's inappropriate behavior, Zeynep, a hotel housekeeper, spends hellish nights. The only person with whom she has a relationship is Mustafa, a young man who works in the same hotel and who is interested in Zeynep. Zeynep is trying to escape from the vicious circle in which she finds herself. In another part of the city, Selcuk, a sound technician, is struggling with the guilt he feels over the recent death of his wife. The suitcase that contains Selcuk's wife's clothes will change Zeynep's fate in a most unexpected manner.。