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一个穷山野，一家放羊人，就三口，看那生活倒也自然。可就在放羊人赶羊上山的那个夜晚，看来也是这山上的一个混混，侦察得当家人不在家，就前去通风报信，马上就是马蹄声响，来了一帮荷枪实弹的土匪，当着这只有四五岁小女孩的面，这帮禽兽把她的妈妈轮奸至死。闻讯赶回的放羊人一把火烧了自 己的房子，把自己的小女儿带到放羊的山上，剪掉女儿的长发，说这个世界就不是女人的世界，然后就象男人一样训练自己的女儿的武功，也没有金庸的武功秘笈，那时中国的武功训练班也没有到保国，就是用木棍训练女儿的耐力和灵敏之类，一个心眼就是女儿长大成人，为母复仇。转眼就过了九年，好女儿早已成了保加利亚的花木兰，就在一次化妆鬼怪节上，父女俩生擒得一个仇敌，带得山来，女儿毕竟还是女儿身啊，下不得手，还是父亲给了仇家一刀，接着复仇行动一个连一个取得胜利，就在搞定最后一个仇家之时，长大的女儿看见那仇家与一个女人的恩恩爱爱就是扣不了那把鸟枪的板机，不但如此，反而还勾起了一名女人的春心，女儿夺得一结婚骡队的新娘婚服，对着山泉梳洗一番，还了一名女儿身，并爱上了一名放羊郎。这还了得，追踪而至的父亲杀死了女儿的恋人，在情欲与仇恨之间，女儿最终还是选择了人性……

Middle Ages: Bulgaria is under the Ottoman Empire. Somewhere, far in the mountains, goatherd Karaivan lives with his wife and little daughter, Mariya. One day Turks burst into the house and rape the woman before the eyes of the daughter and husband. After the rape, she is killed by a raper and the girl is shocked into growing dumb. From this moment on, Karaivan is obsessed with the sole thought of taking revenge. He moves with his daughter into a cave high in the mountains, raises her as if she is a boy, trains her to fight and draw a bow. Deep in her heart, the girl has no hatred, but a craving for love. She meets a young Muslim shepherd and falls in love. The father is unable to swallow it and kills the young man.