- 主人公赫克托体格健壮,是一位非法移民,在德克萨斯的农场工作。赫克托的梦想是成为一个拳击手,尽管工作很辛苦,但是在晚上他仍然会去参加农场里举行的简陋的拳击比赛,除了锻炼技能外,还能挣点外快。后来赫克托的母亲生病了,为了支付昂贵的医药费,赫克托参加比赛的次数也多了起来,不久就因为厉害的身手而声名远播。当地的大亨斯蒂文斯,为了满足儿子罗伯特的拳击手梦想,想除掉赫克托这个眼中钉,因此派手下将赫克托一顿毒打并将其遗弃在了墨西哥。赫克托随后在墨西哥日子过的很不好,不久就听说了母亲去世的消息。落魄的他后来遇到了前拳击手比利。在比利的帮助下,赫克托打算重返农场,与罗伯特对决,用拳头来证明自己的实力……
- 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 about to steal their youth.