马来西亚一处廉租屋长年没水没电，但对被社会遗忘的阿强而言，这里是自己唯一可以喘息的家，他与母亲妹妹三人相依为命，母亲长期抑郁，酿成心病，只有妹妹的笑容给灰暗生活带来一丝光亮。妹妹生日，一家人难得快乐庆祝，兄妹牵着手出外买蛋糕，谁料意外降临，贫苦一家再次跌入绝望深渊......电影于平凡真实中暗含深不见底的悲伤，将当下马来西亚贫穷乱象缓缓道来。官僚体制、阶级歧视之下，穷人被压榨被欺侮，更被遗弃被怀疑，血缘和身分无从证明，却更衬出亲情与爱的不可磨灭。无路可走，无从反抗，深渊里的人要如何逃出？
根据塔莎·哈伯德 2017 年的纪录片《一个家庭的诞生》改编的《云雀》是一部情感剧，讲述了因“六十年代大搜捕”而失散的四兄妹在一周内重聚的故事。
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.
