本片是叙述11岁犹太裔的罗米克（海利乔奥斯蒙饰），为了躲避纳粹的迫害，被父执辈的友人收容并躲在乡下，与他的孩子们一起生活，期间认识了一些朋友，一起上教堂，听神父讲道。但其中让罗米克不解的是这些孩童常常在深夜去火车站，不知为啥？村中的孩童及犹太人也常遭暗杀及强暴，这种种事件都无意中让罗米克发现了，其间有些本籍非犹裔的村童被…

A young woman falls in love with a famous novelist and travels with him to his home in Southern Italy. There, her obsession with the memory of his dead wife begins to consume her.