In 1927, Donald Merrett began a 12 month sentence for forgery. A charge of murder had been found Not Proven. The killing for which he had stood trial, was that of his mother ....and he was just 17.Born in New Zealand in 1908, Merrett moved with his mother Bertha to Edinburgh, in 1926. After she died and on his release …

1949年，一个来自东方的犹太教家庭随移民潮来到以色列。这家的家长是一个孩子气的、不理世事的老人萨利赫，他带着他庞大的家庭（除了老婆和7个孩子外，还有一个莫名其妙的老亲戚）来到以色列，暂时安置在以民营。萨利赫虽然对现状并不满意，可是他天性快乐爱玩，郁闷了就去喝酒，玩起双陆棋什么都抛在脑后。穷虽穷，可萨利赫不喜欢干活儿，移民…