1982年，一位在马德里最贫穷的街区长大的年轻警察来到一个海滨城镇工作，希望能在这里治好女儿的病，同时获得平静和安宁。然而，一到那里，他就发现前任警官的谋杀案案情仍存在疑点，并被卷入案件的调查中。调查将他引向一家海滩酒店，一众因反人类罪行而被几个国家通缉的前纳粹军官在那里过着宁静的天堂般的生活。 1982. A young cop who grew up around Madrid's toughest neighborhood takes an assignment in a coastal town in the hope of not only curing his daughter's illness but also finding some peace and quiet. However, once there, he finds himself embroiled in the enquiry into the strange circumstances of his predecessor's murder. The investigation will lead him to a beach hotel where a community of former Nazi officers - claimed by several countries for crimes against humanity - lives a peaceful and paradisiacal life.

善于描绘社会荒谬景象的西班牙导演阿拉诺，新作《极渴救援》将镜头转向战乱的巴尔干半岛冲突区，讲述一件原本能轻易解决的水源危机，却在一连串刁难和天人交战后，成为不可能的任务，令一批好莱坞影星班尼西欧岱托罗、提姆罗宾斯、欧嘉柯瑞兰寇所饰演的国际义工们，在各怀心机下陷入不可收拾的荒谬情境。

本剧基于真实事件、2004年法国纪录片《楼梯悬案》、书籍《Written in Blood》等素材创作而成。故事将探索Michael Peterson的生活，他那位于北卡罗来纳州的大家庭，以及他妻子Kathleen Peterson十分可疑的死亡。