The project began with the occupation of Masudiya station by Gush Emunim, an Israeli settler organization, which led to the Sebastia agreement. The Sebastia agreement is a document signed between Gush Emunim and the Israeli government that legitimates the settlement movement by the Israeli government even though it is illegal under international law. It was a turning point that opened up the northern part of the West Bank for Jewish settlement. The station was on the Hejaz railroad, which originally connected the Middle East, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. The Gush Emunim occupation of the station is not only an entry point to further land grabs in the northern West Bank but also a foreshadowing of further control of Palestinian access to their own lands in the area as is the case in Sebastia, an archaeological site and living village northwest of Nablus in the West Bank.

公元300年的夏天，罗马国王迪奥克里田的宫殿被一系列来历不明的大火烧毁。受国王宠幸的侍卫队长塞巴斯蒂安在一次庆典活动上被指为放火焚烧宫殿的罪魁祸首而受到了流放。他被放逐到茫茫的沙漠之中，随行的还有六位士兵。在荒漠里，这些男人无所事事，白天练习格斗对打。而到了傍晚，日渐高涨的性欲却促使他们对彼此的身体产生了兴趣……影片大胆重现了1700多年前天主教烈士圣塞巴斯蒂安的生平，但把他塑造成一个普通罗马士兵，被发配到边塞，但他跟其他士兵格格不入，并坚决拒绝别人对他的性要求，最终为此献出生命。