一天清晨某村庄的沟壕里出现了一具僵死的女尸。在警察的调查下，死者莫娜（桑德里娜•伯奈尔 Sandrine Bonnaire 饰）的流浪岁月由此被揭开。她身背大包四处露营，与落魄的流浪汉同居在一处房子里，一起抽烟睡觉。一个老妇人的女仆尤兰德满心羡慕莫娜和流浪汉的自在状态，不满男友保罗的简单粗暴。某夜保罗入室行窃打昏流浪汉，莫娜随即不辞而别。接下来她遇到了一对放牧的夫妇，他们给了她土地和住所，期望她能...

After the corrupt former Mayor is killed by the peasants, poor janitor Juan Vargas is appointed new Mayor of a desert town in central Mexico. Although he tries to bring the motto of the ruling party t...