菲利浦和卡萝刚在一起，两人都在不久前才离婚。菲利浦想尽办法只为获得卡萝两个孩子的好感。他和卡萝的儿子打赌，如果他通过考试，顺利毕业的话，他就可以选择他想去的渡假胜地：伊维萨岛。对于习惯法国北部安宁生活的菲利浦来说，这趟旅程将带给他巨大惊喜……
Carter meets Toni and impulsively marry him to find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later on the eve before their divorce they meet again and spend the night together.
Robbins is sentenced to prison for the assassination of his general officer, a prison you leave only when you die. Since nobody ever leaves the prison, nobody knows what the prison is like. The prison manager realizes this and buys himself an island playground called "Absolom," where the worst prisoners are free to create an isolated barbaric society, and where the strongest men rule...a living hell. Robbins is sent to Absolom after he almost kills the prison manager.
害羞文静的法国少女芳妮参加学校的交换学生计划，来到德国住在同龄笔友蕾娜家。蕾娜冷酷又充满防备，语言是她们之间的一道墙，芳妮为卸下蕾娜心防，将烦恼与秘密告诉对方，两人因此拉近了距离。时间一天天过去，爱情不用翻译，反倒在语言的落差中滋长。这次，轮到蕾娜前往法国交换，暂住芳妮家的她，逐渐发现芳妮的秘密似乎另有蹊跷，但更糟糕的是，自己的感情已经越陷越深⋯⋯
