AnAfricanrefugee,whoseidentityisunknown,isbeinginterrogatedinprison.Herefusestospeakandeat,seemstraumatized.Whentheprisonguard,whoislookingaftertheprisoner,findsahiddenphotograph,herealizesthereissomethingoutoftheordinaryaboutthisrefugee.Insidethedrearyprisoncellthereisafriendlyrelationshipdevelopingbetweenthetwoofthem.Theprisonguardistheonlyonewholearnsabouttherefugeespastandmotives.Whatconnectsthetwoofthemisthesharedfateofhavinglostalovedone.Theguarddecidestohelptherefugee,evenifitmeansriskinghisownjob.Buttimeisgettingshortandthedeportationmachineryisalreadyinfullplay.