The story begins in 1996 when Colonel Sodhi, now 70, visits his sister and her family. However, even after over half a century, the nightmares of his intense battle and its aftermath often return to haunt him. Old Sodhi and young Amar begin to bond and Sodhi accompanies Amar to Burma (Myanmar) for an assignment from BBC to shoot a documentary on the students against the Militar...。影片沿袭了吉勒莫·阿里加独步天下的多线叙事手法,通过纵横交错的情节展现了五位主角不同的生活遭遇。波特兰一个名叫西尔维亚(查理兹·塞隆饰)的女人,一直在童年时不慎犯下的罪孽阴影中不能自拔,期待与家人和解的她试图寻找新的出路;生活在墨西哥边境小镇的16岁女孩玛利亚娜,想尽办法让感情破裂的父母重归于好;一对恋人吉娜和尼克不幸陷于难以自拔的地下情之中;小女孩玛丽亚则帮助自己的父母彼此宽恕,找到真爱……这五人都在自己的痛苦中实现着自我拯救,最终找到了生活的真谛。。