河马本在非洲,怎会流落南美?又怎说起人类语言,叩问我来自何方、为何讲话、为何被杀等大哉问,仿佛是位哲学家?70年代,哥伦比亚毒枭走私河马,圈养在家当宠物。毒枭死后河马逃窜荒野、繁衍成群,政府认定数量失控、批准猎杀,佩佩成为美洲史上第一只被枪杀的河马。本片以佩佩的死后独白为舵,驾驶狂想飞船穿梭时空,上溯当年莫名渡海来异乡,下述偶遇人类引误解,并将河马的外来种命运化为隐喻,折射出阶级、殖民、独裁等多重命题。。An obsessive photographer and his girlfriend are invited to a desert getaway in search of an ultra-rare bird. Fortune, fame and mending their fading relationship takes a turn at the hands of a sinister force where they face demons from both past, present and future.。民初福州,陆雅卿被表哥赵天来卖与赌场,后转至酒楼,因缘遇到佟家公子佟绍伟。在绍纬和青梅竹马的王长荣帮助下,雅卿得保清白。绍伟不顾佟母阻挠迎娶雅卿。管家杨开泰勾结绍伟指腹为婚的对象李念珍加害雅卿。佟母听信谗言,在雅卿诞下一女后将母女二人赶出佟府。尔后绍伟迎娶怀有杨开泰孩子的念珍。雅卿被赵舅妈收留,发现自己又怀了绍伟的骨肉。念珍产下一女,杨开泰为了自己女儿的地位派人追杀雅卿。雅卿逃至厦门避难,一躲就是五年。长荣发迹后在厦门遇到雅卿。两人重返福州时,发现开泰已经夺得佟家财产,并赶走佟氏母子。雅卿不计前嫌,照顾绍纬和佟母,并开始对抗开泰。念珍良心发现,交出开泰犯罪证据。开泰伏法。雅卿帮佟家争回财产与地位,无悔地报答绍纬曾经的恩情,最后在佟母的祝福下,正式成为绍伟的妻子。。