本片用迷幻的影像和摇滚乐讲述了一个非典型乐队主唱的成长史。儿时，平克（鲍勃•吉尔道夫 Bob Geldof 饰）的父亲在二战中身亡，母亲与家庭医生关系暧昧，这让他幼小心灵备受创伤。在学校，他对呆板的填鸭教育深恶痛绝，时刻准备着绝地反击。成年后，他在泡吧时结识了风骚的舞女，并与之发生了关系。然而，性欲的满足感并没有维持太久，他就厌倦…
A coming-of-age war musical about a small town boy who gets chosen to serve his compulsory two year military training in the South African Defence Force Choir and Concert group- known as the "Canaries"- during the height of the Apartheid regime.
