Plot Summary:Based upon true events Eduart, a young man raised in a cruel and oppressive family environment, leaves Albania with the dream of becoming a rock star and living a better life. His reckless character and the passions of his youth lead him to commit a murder in Athens. Chased by everyone, even by his own self, he is imprisoned under the harshest conditions. Eduart, with the help of a German doctor, learns to feel sympathy for others and guilt for his crime. His deep remorse will lead him from darkness to light. Like the Dostoevskian hero Raskolnikov, Eduart passes from crime to punishment, by daring to admit his guilt. In international criminal history, the "Eduart case" occurs once in a hundred years.
本片由真实事件改编而来,少年爱德华成长于充满压抑和暴力的家庭环境,带着对美好生活的追求和成为摇滚巨星的梦想离开了阿尔巴尼亚。鲁莽的性格和年少的冲动使他在雅典犯下了一宗谋杀案,他也因此陷入了每个人,甚至自己内心的“追捕”之中。而后,他又因为一桩旧时的抢劫案在阿尔巴尼亚锒铛入狱。在监狱里一位德国医生的帮助下,爱德华学会了同情他人,反省自己。深深的悔恨引导他从黑暗走向光明。就像陀思妥耶夫斯基笔下的人物“拉斯柯尔尼科夫”一样,爱德华终于用于承认自己的罪过,直面自己的惩罚。在国际刑事犯罪的历史上,爱德华式的犯罪几乎一百年来只有一例