肯特·馬洛（蒙哥馬利·克里夫特 飾）因酒駕而入獄，并在牢中認識了搶劫犯約翰·摩根（切斯特·莫里斯 飾）和殺人犯機關槍布奇（華萊士·比里 飾）。性格軟弱的馬洛入獄第一晚便遭到了布奇的欺凌，隨后他與其他獄友也無法和諧相處，心懷不滿的他在警察密探的慫恿下想要通過抓住布奇和摩根的把柄的方式來提前出獄。性格暴躁的布奇無法忍受牢中惡劣的飲食條件，在餐廳慫恿所有犯人一起抗議，最終遭到壓制，布奇也因此被送往地牢，但他心中已打定主意要設法越獄。摩根性格狡猾，在獄中一直左右逢源，并因在獄中表現良好得到了提前出獄的假釋機會，就在他喜不勝收準備出獄之時，某個突然而來的事件永遠改變了他的命運。

A man with a troubled past decides to turn his life around after a heroic act by training for a mixed martial arts tournament.

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

自父親去世以來，19歲的阿麗莎成了她患有抑郁癥的母親和年幼妹妹的照顧者。她只想逃離自己的責任以及身邊的痛苦。她最好的朋友梅赫迪（23歲）性格內向，患有白癜風。盡管他有文憑，卻仍然失業，這讓他覺得自己對不起家人。兩人都用幽默和想象力來逃避艱苦的生活。梅赫迪講述并繪制超現實主義的故事，而阿麗莎則盡可能地重新塑造自己的現實。當他們得知全國范圍內舉辦的一場繪畫比賽可能會改變他們的生活時，他們偷了一輛車，開始了一場瘋狂的公路旅行。他們的友誼經受了考驗，他們發現了突尼斯最好的一面和最壞的一面。他們的希望破滅了，但他們的旅程改變了他們。三個月后，梅赫迪非法移民離開了，因為阿麗莎無法拋下她的家人。