一辆从边境河流里打捞出的摩托车，勾连起一段难以放下的“父女”情，在末日的谣传中扑朔迷离……

一个寻找女儿的父亲和一个寻找自己的警察，在世界末日的谣言中，于中国西南边境的两个县城之间，永无止境的往返……

影片改变自自然主义文学大师左拉的小说《衣冠禽兽》，描写火车司机雅克·朗蒂尔诞生在一个酗酒的家族，他因此总是神思恍惚，以为自己天生是个劣种，一天，他在火车上偶然遭遇了一起谋杀，心有异念的他对警察隐瞒了他看见同事侯保妻子萨维丽娜曾经出现在那个时段的事实，而在此后警方的询问里他一再为他们开脱，这件事让侯保夫妇和他成为了朋友，更出格的是朗蒂尔爱上了萨维丽娜，为了他们能在一起，在萨维丽娜的蛊惑下他甚至差一点谋杀侯保，他的胆怯让侯保逃生，可是，情欲的煎熬又让他无法摆脱...

宇宙中的两颗彗星正面撞击地球，地表生态遭受毁灭性打击，引发了一系列恶劣后果。全人类只能躲进地堡以求生存。科学家加里蒂一家幸运地劫后余生。虽然他们成功躲过了第一波冲击，但地堡里的生活物资日益减少，其他幸存者也开始有了行动。迫于压力，这一家人不得不离开格陵兰岛的安全掩体，开启了危险的旅程。一路上，他们无奈地发现整个欧洲已被摧毁，沦为冰冻荒地。于是，一家人只能再次被迫前行，最终找到了新的安身之处。

由于宇宙中的两颗彗星正面撞击了地球，致使地表生态遭遇毁灭性打击，造成恶劣后果。全人类不得不躲藏在地堡中求得生存。身为科学家的加里蒂带着一家人劫后余生，幸存了下来。虽然他们躲过了第一波的冲击，但是他们所在的地堡中剩余的生活物资逐渐减少，其他幸存的人类也开始蠢蠢欲动。迫于压力这一家人必须离开格陵兰岛的安全掩体，开始踏上危险的旅程。在这一路上他们无奈的发现，整个欧洲已经被毁灭，变成了冰冻荒地。于是一家人只能再次被迫上路，最终，他们找到了新的栖身之所。

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge. They make him wear a uniform complete with medals and is pushed by his new friends into accepting a Hero's welcome when he gets home where he is to be immortalized by a statue that he doesn't want, has songs written about his heroic battle stories, and ends up unwillingly running for mayor. Despite his best efforts to explain the truth, no one will listen.

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge. They make him wear a uniform complete with medals and is pushed by his new friends into accepting a Hero's welcome when he gets home where he is to be immortalized by a statue that he doesn't want, has songs written about his heroic battle stories, and ends up unwillingly running for mayor. Despite his best efforts to explain the truth, no one will listen.

故事发生在1942年，哈萨克斯坦的巴甫洛达尔镇的一队远东军中。 坦克手斯捷潘急切地想见到自己的母亲，而正在哨所站岗的士兵 利托夫金却面临艰难的抉择：是服从军令，还是让母亲去见他的 儿子。