艾利亚斯(麦斯·米科尔森 Mads Mikkelsen 饰)和盖布里尔(大卫·丹席克 David Dencik 饰)虽然是情同手足的兄弟,却有着截然不同的性格。盖布里尔在大学里教书,过着拮据而又孤独的生活,而向来风流不羁的艾利亚斯则流连于女人堆中,自由而又快活。 一天,两兄弟接到了一个意外的电话,得知了父亲去世的消息,在父亲留下的录影带中,两人震惊的发现,他们竟然不是父亲的亲生孩子,而他们真正的父亲,此时此刻正生活在奥克尼郡岛上。于是,艾利亚斯和盖布里尔踏上了前往奥克尼郡岛的旅途,可到了那里之后,他们才发现,岛上的一切,和他们想象中的是那样的不同。Gabriel and Elias are two very different brothers. Gabriel is a worn down university professor and Elias is a man whose only concern is women and trivial knowledge. During a lecture Gabriel receives a phone call. Their father is dead. Things take a turn when the brothers learn through a videotape recorded by their now late father, that he in fact wasn't their biological father. Gabriel and Elias discover that their biological father lives on the island Ork. They set out to the island and here they meet their real family. The brothers' first meeting with the family doesn't go as expected. Gabriel and Elias are stranded in the marshland of Ork. Here they meet the mayor of Ork and his daughter Ellen, a neurotic woman who hates her life, herself, her father and the island. Surrounded by abnormal people, Gabriel and Elias discover the truth about themselves and their relatives. A truth that while paralyzing them also sets them free.