马达民族是世界上最古老的民族之一,他们拥有自己的独特的民族文化,生活方式和意义理念,摩根教授一次关于马达族的讲座引起人们对马达族人民的浓厚兴趣。劳拉,尼古拉斯,摩根和妮可四个年轻人由于不同原因走到一起,他们决定结伴通行去考察马达人,一路上由于此行的目的不尽相同,并且存在意识上的差异,他们看起来快快乐乐,实则并不同心,就在他们到达马达人内部围绕着要不要深入马达人内部考察的问题,四人的观念的差异终于暴发…At an institute in Manila, researchers and eco-tourists trade stories about the Mara tribe, who live on a remote island and have an annual festival of rebirth in which some of the tribe forget who they are and begin again. Laure is the daughter of the institute's director; she's a free spirit who has captured the fancy of Nicola, a European photographer. After a courtship in which the voyeuristic Nick indulges Laure's exhibitionism and sexual freedom, they set off for Mara land with Gualtier, an anthropologist, and his philosophical lover, Myrte. As they approach the Mara on the night of rebirth, who of the group will actually join the tribe to begin life anew?