Wabizinesi wokalamba Michael Kingley (Geoffrey Rush), atamwalira mwana wake wamkazi, adapereka kampaniyo kwa mpongozi wake, ndipo iye, monga wochita bizinesi ayenera, akufuna kuyambitsa chinthu chosasangalatsa, komwe madera aku park yaku Australia okhala ndi malo akuluakulu okhala ndi mbalame adzavutika. Mdzukulu wa Michael, wachichepere wotsutsa zachilengedwe Maddy, akuyesera kuti agogo ake achitepo kanthu pankhaniyi. Koma amangopanga chithunzi chopanda thandizo, akuti, kampaniyo sinalinso yanga. Mpaka pomwe vuwo limatulukira mwadzidzidzi kunja kwazenera lake mkuntho, ndipo ayamba kukumbukira ubwana wake pachilumba chomwe chidasiyidwa padziko lapansi: bambo wosodza yemwe adamenya anapiye achifwamba komanso amasiye atatu, omwe Michael amapulumutsa ...
Mnzanga Mr. Percival (kamodzi pomwe omasulira athu achita ntchito yabwino ndi mutuwo) ndikubwereza kwa kanema wina waku Australia Boy and the Ocean (1976) motsogozedwa ndi Henry Safran.
Maubwenzi apamtima asungidwa ndi kanema woyambilira: adajambulidwa mdera lomwelo, ndipo wochita seweroli David Galpilil, yemwe adasewera wachikuda wakuda, adawonekera mu remake mu cameo ya shaman wanzeru, mtsogoleri wa fuko lake. Zionetsero za anthu akumaloko, poteteza madera a makolo awo, komwe mzungu nthawi zonse ankabwera ngati wolanda komanso wakuba, zidawonjezeranso pang'ono. Kulimbikitsanso pakufunika kwakumvetsetsa chikhalidwe chakunja kwalimbikitsidwa, komabe, Safran wanzeru adawonetsa izi mufilimu yake mzaka za m'ma 70, nthawi yayitali isanafike nthawi yolondola ndale.
Koma chofunikira kwambiri ndi pafupifupi nthano yonena zaubwenzi pakati pa mwana wamwamuna ndi mbalame yayikulu yoyera. Aliyense amene amawonera kanemayu amakumbukira izi poyamba: nyanja yamvi, mchenga wonyowa komanso mawonekedwe amwana akukumbatira nkhono pakhosi, ndikumazembera ngati gwero lamphamvu. Mnyamatayo, wotchedwa Aborigine Stormick, adapulumutsa anapiye ofiira a pinki omwe adakumana ndi nkhanza zosasaka za asaka. Ndipo mbalame, ikubwezera zabwino zana, idzapulumutsa mnyamatayo ndi abambo ake, komanso chikhulupiriro chathu mwa opambana nthawi yomweyo.
M'zaka za zana la 21, tili ocheperako kuganiza zakuti m'chilengedwe ndizotheka kufalitsa osati zoyipa zokha, komanso zabwino, kuthamangitsidwa mu kanema kupita kumalo amakanema a ana ndi mabanja; mwa akuluakulu, kulikonse komwe mungayang'ane, paliponse pali Yorgos Lanthimos ndi kupha kwake kwa agwape opatulika, ofuna kubwezera nsembe za anthu. Koma palinso malo otere m'makanema, momwe anthu amawerengedwa Lord of the Ntchentche, koma osafuna kubwezera kapena kubwezera magazi omwe adakhetsedwa. Makanema momwe anthu amakhulupirira zabwino, monga munthu wabwino kwambiri padziko lapansi, Nikolai Drozdov, amakhulupirira, kukulimbikitsani kuti muwone Mnzanga Mr. Percival.
Tikukupemphani ku malo osungira a pelikaniy a filimu yokhudza mtima iyi, komwe mungakumane ndi chuma chamtundu wonse ku Australia: kukongola kosaganizirika kwa malo owonekera ndi wosewera Geoffrey Rush, yemwe kumuyang'anira kwamuyaya sikumamulola kuti aziwoneka wanzeru kwambiri komanso owunikiridwa muukalamba (zowunikira zowunikira kwambiri). Mnzanga Mr. Percival ndiwokoma mtima.
Ndipo ngati simumvera ife, muyenera kumvera Nikolai Drozdov.