一个格鲁吉亚家庭在俄罗斯一天的生活。吉亚今天过生日，他今天就要9岁了！他和他的祖母、祖父和叔叔安佐里奇住在一起。但一切并没有按照所预想的进行着，吉亚许下了他内心深处最真挚的愿望。 　　One day in the life of a Georgian family in Russia. Giya is having a birthday. Today he turns 9 years old! He lives with his grandmother, grandfather and uncle Anzorik. But things don't go as planned, Giya makes his deepest wish.

Ozan is a ten-year old boy living in a small coastal town on the Aegean. His friends make fun of him, calling him an “infidel” because his grandfather Mehmet is an immigrant from Crete. Ozan is afraid of being left alone. He gets angry at his family, especially his grandfather, and he stubbornly challenges his family saying “We are Turks”. 　　Mehmet Bey, Ozan’s grandfather, is a respected shopkeeper in the community. He takes the people of the town under his wings, and helps them with their problems. Mehmet Bey is known for his tolerance and his grandson’s attitude not only has him worried but grieves him as well. 　　Mehmet Bey and his family were torn from their land and forced to migrate from Crete during the population exchange when he was just seven years old. Mehmet Bey’s greatest desire is to see the land of his birth before he dies. It is this longing that makes him frequently drop bottles containing letters into the turquoise waters of the Aegean. 　　DEDEMİN İNSANLARI describes the spectacular transformation of a family and their country through the eyes of a ten-year old child and his grandfather living in a small town. 　　As you watch this story about the people in the crowded and warm Aegean, you will once again experience the population exchange, what it means to be the “other”, the ability to belong anywhere no matter where you go, insurrections, numerous minorities, and both sides of the Aegean, but this time from a fresh perspective. 　　The shooting of the film took place in Crete, Gökçeada, Milas, Bodrum and Söke.

影片讲述了曾是参与越战，获知许久未见的儿子自杀的消息，虽然被告知儿子是喝醉跳楼自杀，但看着悲伤的孙女、儿子身上奇怪的瘀伤，以及没有喝醉的证据，起光于是怀疑儿子的死因不单纯，警方拒绝重新调查后，起光决定自己找出儿子遇害的原因。

幽暗阴森的养老院里，住着一群苍白羸弱的老人，他们夜晚走出病房，集中到空旷的地下室，坐在储藏衣物的塑料桶中洗澡。管理员冷酷无情，空气中弥漫着压抑、无助的气息。 　　院长和员工似乎正在进行某种秘密活动，身着黑色胶皮雨衣的她们在电梯口迎来了西装革履的中年男人和可爱天真的小女孩。女孩被告知从此不能离开这里，错讹的中年人独自来到祖父的房间，乘其不备，将塑料布套在了老人的头上…… 　　2000年布鲁塞尔国际幻想电影节获奖影片。

老人罗德里格在淘金热时前去美国，反而赔了自己一生的积蓄，后来他返回西班牙，自己的儿子已经死去，留下一双女儿，在儿子的遗言里，他告诉罗德里格，这其中有一个女儿并非他的亲生骨肉……

影片以一个在地震中失去父母的小女孩佳颖为主人公，她被收养到新的家庭后，逐渐与奶奶建立起深厚感情。两人一同学习识字、喂养鸽子、分享秘密，在点滴日常中形成了跨越血缘的情感链接。 然而随着奶奶的病痛到来，女孩必须直面对生命无常的痛苦无助与告别分离的生命课题…… 影片没有过度的煽情渲染，而是以诗意细腻的方式展现成长中绕不开的课题：生命、爱与死亡。

或许生活忙碌，或许世界颠倒， 　　只要保持热爱，我们永远会于山海重逢。