A German woman goes to the town on the Red Sea where her Arab lover has just died. Beyond a simple story of mourning, the invention of an eerie port town by this young Jordanian filmmaker has Durassian echoes: the death of both a man and a city. The odyssey concludes in a hotel bar, backed by a popular Middle Eastern song.。影片描述的是渔家女周琼珠在打鱼时懈逅青年画家崔时俊,崔为琼珠画了一幅“渔家女”肖像。从此俩人产生爱情并订了婚。而渔霸之女张国瑛见崔时俊年少英俊,也欲与崔结亲,崔拒绝了张,去上海谋生。渔霸以要债为名,驱逐了琼珠父女,捏造崔另有新欢,琼珠受刺激,被逼成疯。周璇联系到自己悲凉生世,激起心灵的共鸣,演得认真入微催人泪下。。