沃拉尔的人生平凡无奇。他生长于一个虔诚的家庭，通过经营一家坐落于伊斯坦布尔美国领事馆对面的照相馆，履行着作为养家糊口之人的职责，供养年轻的儿子和生病的父亲。此外，他还延续家族传统，指导儿子成为一个正直的人。但在表象之下，沃拉尔也有一个秘密：他和年轻的女顾客——为了申请美国签证而找他拍照的索奈有了外遇。索奈一心想要离开这里，在梦想破灭后，愤怒的她和沃拉尔起了争执，威胁到了他平静的生活。最终，沃拉尔必须做出选择：是诚实地面对自己犯下的过错，还是掩盖真相、走上道德沦丧的黑暗之路？

Natty Gann (played by Meredith Salenger) is a twelve year old Depression era girl whose single-parent father leaves her behind in Chicago while he goes to Washington State to look for work in the timber industry. Natty runs away from the guardian she was left with to follow Dad. She befriends and is befriended by a wolf that has been abused in dog fights, hops a freight train west, and is presumed dead when her wallet is found after the train crashes. Dad gets bitter and endangers himself in his new job. Meanwhile Natty has a series of adventures and mis- adventures in various farmhouses, police stations, hobo camps, reform schools, and boxcars.

剧情描述在《刺激》中被骗的黑社会大头子，念念不忘找寻两个老千报一箭之仇，不料反而坠入了一个拳赛骗局而不自知，整个事件有如历史重演。