60多歲的Adam是前游泳冠軍，現(xiàn)人魚恩賈梅一家豪華酒店擔(dān)任救生。酒店被中國商人收購后，Adam就必須把職位讓給他的兒子Abdel。他一時(shí)難以接受這種社會地大學(xué)的落差。與此時(shí)，這個(gè)國家遭受內(nèi)戰(zhàn)殘和叛軍的威脅。作為對，政府要求人民為戰(zhàn)出力，強(qiáng)制征收錢財(cái)或募適齡的兒童上戰(zhàn)場。當(dāng)就是因此被區(qū)長官羲和，要求他貢獻(xiàn)錢財(cái)或孩。但是Adam沒有錢，只有兒子……Present-day Chad. Adam, sixty something, a former swimming champion, is pool attendant at a smart N'Djamena hotel. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son Abdel. Terribly resentful, he feels socially humiliated. The country is in the throes of a civil war. Rebel forces are attacking the government. The authorities demand that the population contribute to the "war effort", giving money or volunteers old enough to fight off the assailants. The District Chief constantly harasses Adam for his contribution. But Adam is penniless; he only has his son....
