從家庭問題開始，展開一趟國族歷史的認識之旅。來自馬來西亞的導演廖克發，為了探尋生命中缺席的祖父，拼湊出原生家庭的完整面貌，進而踏入馬來西亞近代歷史的溯流之中，找尋彷彿遺失的過去。包括殖民時代、抗日運動，共產黨組成，以及馬來西亞多族群的認同問題，都在故事的重建中一一浮現。導演旁白貫穿全片，彷彿提出對自身，也對民族的疑問，交織個人與群體的生命。

They sacrificed their lives fighting for the independence of their country, but their stories remain untold for 60 years. The story begins with a man’s portrait, which has been hanging for more than 30 years in an old wooden house where I was born and grew up in Perak, Malaysia. It’s long become a taboo that my families do not talk about this man, not even to bring up his name or his past. Eventually I found out he is my grandfather, who sacrificed his life fighting for Malaysia’s independence and decolonisation, but his and his comrades’ stories are excluded from history. This documentary set out to unveil the mysteries.