独自生活在运河边农村的老太太周瑾突然确诊脑瘤,漂泊在外地的子女不得不回乡照顾。大女儿苏念真在上海经营留学咨询机构,正在经历第二次离婚,她坚持要给母亲最好的治疗;小儿子苏念清是个四处漂泊的导游,他支持母亲放下,接受生命的无常。在死亡面前,周瑾寻找着精神的归宿,苏念真和苏念清在不断发现母亲秘密的同时,正与故乡失去最后的联系。。In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot f...。