A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.

故事以老馬、老馬夫和女兒六天的生活為主軸。一成不變的日子，在父女倆的吃飯、工作、打水、睡覺之中度過。艱困的生活環境，隨著暴風的來臨，也讓他們生活的小屋宛如末世孤島，面臨生存的嚴重考驗。不吃不喝的老馬、逐漸乾涸的老井，一切彷彿已經預見了生命註定的悲涼死亡，但無路可出的父女仍舊必須選擇活著，在絕望中找到存在之道。

A man comes home to meet his mother and sister after many years away. He finds his mother living with a new boyfriend, and his sister to be grown-up. He begins to settle down in this new place by building a new home for himself on the delta. But when his sister moves in with him and the two begin a romance, there are tragic consequences.

The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".