经过四年分居生活后，Ahmad（阿里·莫沙法 Ali Mosaffa 饰）在法国妻子Marie（贝热尼丝·贝乔 Bérénice Bejo 饰）的要求下，从德黑兰来到巴黎正式办理离婚。从短暂的巴黎之行中，Ahmad看到了妻子与女儿之间冲突不断。Ahmad试图帮助其改善关系，结果发现了一段过去的秘密。
Akilla's Escape weaves the present and past in a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier. Set in Toronto and New York where over 450,00 Jamaicans reside, the story speaks to the historical criminalization of black boys that modern society overlooks.Akilla Brown is forty-years-old and for the first time in his life, the clandestine cannabis grow operation he runs is legit. Only one year into government approval legalization, the pendulum of hypocrisy takes a toll and Akilla decides to cash out. While making a routine delivery on a cool, summer night, destiny takes an unexpected turn when Akilla confronts a firestorm of masked youths in an armed robbery.In the aftermath of the heist, Akilla captures one of the thieves, a mute fifteen-year-old boy named Sheppard. Upon leaning the bandits are affiliated with the Garrison Army, a Jamaican crime syndicate his grandfather founded. Akilla is forced to reckon with a cycle of violence he thought he escaped.
