故事发生在1946年。内战过后，西班牙中心地带的某个地方只剩下绝望，贫穷和流犯。有一个男孩不断逃亡，并在沟渠中找到了藏身之处。搜查队离开后，他面对的是一个充满危险和干旱的平原。万幸的是，他在穿越平原的路上遇到了一个牧羊人，两人最终选择同行。一路上，他们必须应对饥饿和缺水，并逃避由工头派来寻找男孩的人。牧羊人成为男孩的导师：他解释了他的职业和他对生活的理解。随着时间的流逝，牧羊人也知晓了男孩想要逃避的究竟是怎样的恐惧。

In a small town located in the island of Mallorca, Anna and Marina, two sisters who were separated when they were teenagers, meet again to sell a bakery they’ve inherited from a mysterious woman they know nothing about.The two sisters have led very different lives. Anna has barely left the island and is unhappily married to a man she no longer loves. Marina travels the world working as a doctor for an NGO. As the sisters try to uncover the secrets hidden behind their enigmatic benefactor and her property, they are forced to confront old family disputes and make up for lost time.

这是一曲失败者的悲歌。西班牙内战(1936 1939)结束后，失败的共和国政府的维护者们理所当然地被判处监禁，连同他们的肉体一道受监禁的还有他们的声音。该片主要讲述的是军事旨领佛朗哥在对反对派进行血腥镇压和报复中入狱的一群妇女的凄惨故事。作品塑造了一系列身世小同、性格各异的女性人物形象，不仪描绘她们在狱中的苦难生活，更反映了地们誓与反动当局斗争到底的英雄气慨。然而这些在狱中饱经忧患的斗士们，有的被处以极刑，有的死于病痛，侥幸出出狱的寥寥无几。因此，她们提山了一个响亮的口号：要活下去，要讲述历史，要人声呐喊。于是，发出了“沉睡的声音”。