不幸的童年经历让十六岁的少年于贝尔（泽维尔·多兰 Xavier Dolan 饰）早早过上了同母亲（安妮·杜尔瓦勒 Anne Dorval 饰）相依为命的生活，然而，随着年龄的增长和叛逆期的到来，于贝尔渐渐发现，自己和母亲之间开始变得越来越难以沟通，两人之间的距离渐行渐远 。 内心充满了痛苦和矛盾，于贝尔开始了艰难的尝试，企图重塑他和母亲之间破裂的亲情与信任，可是，就在于贝尔的努力逐渐产生成效之时，他和同性男友安东尼（弗朗柯斯·阿诺德 Fran?ois Arnaud 饰）之间的关系曝光了，这让他同母亲之间的关系再次回归了冰点之下。在安东尼的帮助下，于贝尔从寄宿学校出逃，偌大的天地之间，他能够寻找到一片得以藏身其中的小小天地吗？
Amazon rainforest, 1538. King Carlos V de España y I de Alemania sends a group of Spanish soldiers to the new continent to locate Teziutlan, a legendary city created with gold, to claim it to the Spanish Empire. Alone in the rainforest and without a help, soldiers face not only indigenous tribes but the manifest hate themselves by their respective birth places. Leaded by old Don Gonzalo, married with young Doña Ana, his aging and weak health turns in danger Ana, who is disputed by Alférez Gorriamendi, Gonzalo's right-hand, and soldier Martín Dávila. After to realize that Viceroy of Port Prince has send another expedition looking for them leaded by Juan Medrano after to accuse Don Gonzalo of treason, Dávila, Gorriamendi and other soldiers as Sargento Bastaurrés and Barbate must decide if fight against Medrano's and his men or continue until Teziutlan. But the rivalry and hate between them will reveal more dangerous than the own rainforest and the indigenous tribes
