The lines are busy at the telephone helpline. A life coach records an encouraging video while concerned parents consult a child psychologist. A spectrum of cinematic tableaus shows people trying to counteract the increasing loneliness to create intimacy in a detached society.
Young Emma Miller (Danielle Chuchran) would appear to be lucky. This beautiful Amish girl has a loving family and the community's most eligible young man, Jacob (Kellen Boyle), wants to marry her. But she has more on her mind than buggies, bonnets and making her special goat cheese - Emma is secretly obsessed with Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice and restlessly longs for adventure and travel. When given the opportunity to spend the season helping her widowed cousin Lydia (Meg Wittman) in scenic Charm, OH, Emma jumps at the chance. There she meets an Englischer, librarian Kelly Bennett (Tiffany Dupont), who has come to town to escape her chaotic life. Despite their differences, the two become fast friends. Settling into her cousin's farm, she finds Noah (Trevor Donovan) - a striking, well-read Amish young man who helps work the farm - intriguing, yet vexing. So when Emma's cheese attracts the attention of a local bed-and-breakfast and a handsome wine-and-cheese blog editor, Andy
1939年苏德瓜分波兰后不久,波兰青年维斯切克•乔努斯(吉姆•斯特吉斯 Jim Sturgess )因其所谓的“反党反斯大林”间谍行为,被送入了西伯利亚的劳动营。其时已是1940年,在严寒的西伯利亚,乔努斯结识了同为政治犯的演员安德烈,后者有一项酝酿多时的逃跑计划,美国老人史密斯(艾德•哈里斯 Ed Harris 饰)、罪犯沃尔卡(柯林•法瑞尔 Colin Farrell 饰)等人陆续加入了他们的小圈子,在一个大雪之夜,乔努斯等七人成功逃出劳动营,他们唯一知道的,是向南前往贝加尔湖,同时躲避无处不在的举报者。一路上有人难耐恶劣的气候死去,在将要抵达贝加尔湖时,一个神秘少女伊莲娜(西尔莎•罗南 Saoirse Ronan 饰)加入了他们,她的加入,令一行人预备穿过蒙古、西藏,翻越喜马拉雅抵达英控印度寻找自由的路程又平添了几许困难……
丹尼(丹尼尔·戴-刘易斯 Daniel Day Lewis 饰)曾是一名热血沸腾的革命青年,因为加入了北爱尔兰共和军而遭到了逮捕,艰苦的牢狱生活一过就是十四载。终于熬过了漫长的不自由的时光,重回社会的丹尼决定洗心革面,做一个低调的普通人。 出狱后的丹尼重拾旧业成为了一名拳击教练,培养了一批和他一样热爱这项运动的年轻人。一场意外让丹尼和曾经的恋人玛姬(艾米丽·沃森 Emily Watson 饰)重逢了,此时的玛姬,独自一人抚养着十四岁的儿子林恩,日子过得十分艰辛。旧日爱情的火花在丹尼和玛姬之间死灰复燃,然而,曾经灰暗的过去亦让丹尼充满了犹疑和怯懦。