故事发生在70年代的笼罩在铁幕下的爱沙尼亚。三个中二青年做着倒卖西方物资的生意,日子过得也算滋润。在一个偶然的变故下,他们的生意即将被政府查处。本就对西方世界充满幻想和好奇的三人,干脆决定穿过铁幕偷渡到瑞典。万万没想到,三人还没来得及亲吻资本主义的土地,就遭到了现实的连续暴击……Fast-paced action comedy "The Dissidents" takes us back to the 1980s. Three Estonian guys flee Soviet Union, because they want to have as awesome life in the free world as they've seen in TV series "Miami Vice", "Knight Rider" and "Santa Barbara". Swedes welcome friends as real heroes, who broke through the Iron Curtain. But as the media circus blows over, our dissidents discover that they've become nothing more than tedious immigrants. To put food on the table, they have to do something as lame as... work! But the boys are no quitters, so they come up with new crazy plans that should guarantee success in the Western world. That's when things go totally insane!