Yiannis doesn’t have much going for him, save for his adorable dog, Jimi, and his fast-approaching date to get out of Cyprus for good. But when Jimi wanders across the U.N. buffer zone and into the section of the island Turkey seized more than forty years ago, an unregulated state unrecognized by the rest of the world, Yiannis learns, bringing a dog back over the border is not as easy as walking straight home. He enlists a mismatched band of accomplices from every side of the Cyprus dispute to find a way to get Jimi back, while never leaving the land he calls home Writer and director Marios Piperides has been producing films in Cyprus for more than a decade, and his inside knowledge pays dividends in this narrative feature debut—a whip-smart comedy on legality, disputed nationality, and the frameworks that are erected to maintain a fragile peace. He demonstrates his compassion for locals on both sides of the divide, as he tenderly captures their struggle to find hope and make a living in a divided land. Such serious themes pair perfectly with Piperides’s sense of humor: As Yiannis’s efforts dip farther into absurdity, they offer a send-up of the forces that prolong a conflict that has been poorly understood and largely forgotten by the outside world.
故事起因，一条叫Jimi的狗狗因为主人，一个塞浦路斯希腊人，遛狗没牵好绳，溜跑去了土耳其控制区。这个长得蛮可爱的（像我一个学生）不得志的音乐人过“界”找狗????，却无法带狗返回希腊控制区（希腊方规定土方任何动植物不得过界）。故事发展，第二男主塞浦路斯塞浦路斯人为了房子的问题（属政治遗留问题了）决定帮助塞希找第三男主塞浦路斯土耳其人偷渡狗狗过边检站......故事在地中海的暖阳下，琐碎欢脱的吵闹拌嘴中，伴着影院里的哈哈笑声（我贡献不少）真实地继续展开。经过多次的计划泡汤，三男主躺在希腊控制区塞希住楼楼顶，仰望星空，听着吐方控制区宣礼塔传来的唱诵......人生还得继续，现实就只能面对，塞希放弃去欧洲，塞塞放弃出国梦（塞浦路斯塞浦路斯人没有护照????）塞吐放弃逃跑......那只萌狗呢，就像开头那样随斯地跑过了边检站，飞奔地跑回希腊区找回家了，对狗来说，哪有那么多“界线”。
故事轻松，特别是还有萌犬，而电影探讨的隐含话题不轻松，应该与当今欧洲政治/难民问题有关。于平凡角度演绎政治的可笑，这些人类创造的为便于统治管理所划分强化的民族国家宗教概念到头来反成了套在人身上的锁链了。做塞浦路斯狗狗可能比做塞浦路斯人要自由幸福。
奥兹的小说《朋友之间》里有一段“......我们的政府更是双倍多余，因为犹太人已经向世界展示了一个没有政府的民族可在精神上和社会上生存，甚至兴旺达数千年之久。”政治体制目前还是需要的，但人类需要怎样的政治，应对全球化的概念，还需要强调种族宗教文化的特殊性吗？
电影音乐不错，随电影的基调，虽然现实有点狗血，但生活还是要继续，地中海阳光依旧。