妹妹的婚礼让劳拉（佩内洛普·克鲁兹 Penélope Cruz 饰）重新踏上了阔别已久的故土，这次和她一起回来的，还有她那一双可爱的儿女。然而，就在结婚庆典欢快的气氛中，劳拉的女儿艾琳（卡拉·坎普拉 Carla Campra 饰）失踪了。没过多久，艾琳就接到了绑匪打来的电话，他们要求劳拉套出30万欧元的赎金，以换回姑娘的性命。 直到此时，劳拉才勉强透露出了自己家中真实的经济状况，虽然在别人眼中，她是加入了豪门的贵妇，但实际上，她的丈夫亚历桑德罗（里卡杜·达林 Ricardo Darín 饰）的公司早就破产了。在故乡，劳拉和旧情人帕克（哈维尔·巴登 Javier Bardem 饰）重逢了，为了筹得赎金，帕克甚至决定卖掉自己宝贵的田地。

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