讲述了一位母亲在女儿遇难后，从不相信到逐渐接受现实勇敢地活下去的故事。
20世纪80年代，中亚国家阿富汗陷入连绵的战火之中。国家饱受摧残，人民流离失所。无情的轰炸摧毁了老人达斯塔戈（阿卜·拉贾尼 Abdul Ghani 饰）所在的村庄和家园，他的亲人几乎全部遇难，只有5岁的孙子亚辛（贾温·马德·何马翁 Jawan Mard Homayoun 饰）幸免于难，却也被爆炸声震聋了双耳。老人强忍着悲痛，带着孙子前往远方的矿区寻找儿子，要告诉他家中所遭遇的厄运。死者长已矣，生者却仍要在漫漫长路上奔波劳顿……
Based on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class distinctions. Chauffeur Robert Shaw is in the employ of aristocratic widow Sarah Miles. When she suffers a nervous breakdown, Shaw helps her through her recovery. They grow to love each other during the convalescence; but when she is cured, Ms. Miles refuses to regard Shaw as an equal, and the original status quo is reinstated. The Hireling provides an interesting contrast to the similarly structured American film of 1991, Driving Miss Daisy.
