A portrait of actress Eleonora Duse.

　　朱莉在巴黎一家豪華酒店打工，工作非常辛苦，還要努力照顧在鄉下的兩個孩子。后來，她得到了一個期待已久的工作面試機會，但一場全國性的罷工爆發了，導致公共交通系統陷入癱瘓。一直以來，朱莉努力在生活中維系著一種平衡，而這種脆弱的平衡被突發事件所打破。為了得償所愿，她冒著隨時都會碰壁乃至失去一切的風險，開始了一場與時間的瘋狂賽跑。

　　Robbins is sentenced to prison for the assassination of his general officer, a prison you leave only when you die. Since nobody ever leaves the prison, nobody knows what the prison is like. The prison manager realizes this and buys himself an island playground called "Absolom," where the worst prisoners are free to create an isolated barbaric society, and where the strongest men rule...a living hell. Robbins is sent to Absolom after he almost kills the prison manager.

富豪私人派對上，一對男女忘我炒熱氣氛，只要金主敢玩，他們十倍奉還。白天，兩人棲居小公寓照料幼子，她靠教舞維生，他則是潦倒音樂家。然而，手機里傳來的加沙煉獄景象使他們焦慮，周遭人們卻歡慶著血流成河，他們為了溫飽，繼續出賣靈魂。某夜，他收到酬勞可觀的邀約，卻必須將金主寫下的魔鬼詩篇譜成新國歌。為了五斗米，他決定深入國族的集體創傷，尋找主旋律。