John Wood left the pieces of a broken civilisation behind, to go back to his roots in the woodland, after a virus pandemic struck the world. Residing in a simple cabin, he only wants peace and to live in harmony with nature. Coming from a long line of timber men, he joined the army and served as a soldier for many years. Rebelling against his superiors for killing civilians under martial law. John feels he got his own wife killed when saving hundreds of innocent civilians from certain death. His wife executed point blank as retribution for John's disobedience and supposed heroic acts. Now, a young woman named Maria Johnson has escaped a pandemic research lab. She's been part of experiments to find a cure for the still raging virus. Carrying the potential cure in her blood, she is hunted by profiteers and mercenaries who knows her secret. Coming upon John's cabin in the woods, Maria is instinctively taken into shelter by John. He wants her to recover fast and leave, but by learning her...

对于即将到来的旅程，斯库罗（马塞洛·马斯楚安尼 Marcello Mastroianni 饰）充满了兴奋和期待之情，在妻子去世多年，自己光荣退休之后，他终于要走出那一成不变的生活环境，去看望阔别已久的孩子们了。在重温亲情的路上领略异国他乡别样的景致，这样的经历想一想都 觉得美好。 但是，现实却并不如想象的那样完美。随着旅途的深入，斯库罗发现自己的五个孩子竟然各个都一事无成，更让他感到伤心的是，其中的一个孩子在不久前不幸死去，而他竟然对此一无所知。善良的孩子们试图用谎言来安慰失意的斯库罗，而面对妻子的亡灵，斯库罗也说出了同样的善意的谎言。幼者和长者，死去的人和活着的人，一段真实又细腻的感情在亲人间缓缓流淌。