In a modern America where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, a sheltered teenager must face her own demons and prejudices as she helps two young witches avoid law enforcement and cross the southern border to asylum in Mexico....
The film tells the story of three people for a year: a son (Magimel) diagnosed with cancer, a mother (Deneuve) suffering from helplessness and a doctor (Cécile de France) to do her job: One year and four seasons for these three characters to deal with the disease, to tame it, and to understand what it means to die while alive....
太平洋战争初期，美军将兵力投入欧洲战场，无力挽回菲律宾战事，导致一万名美军、六万名菲军在巴丹半岛被俘。日军一直残酷对待这些战俘，军部更于1944年一月决定屠杀俘虏，这部电影，讲述的就是发生在44年一月四天中的故事。 游骑兵上尉普林斯分属幕西中校的队伍，他们接受了在麦克阿瑟将军北上过程中营救某战俘营里500名美军的任务，由于日军对待战俘毫不留情，此次行动必须高度隐秘。同一时间，战俘营中的少校吉布森（约瑟夫•费因斯 Joseph Fiennes 饰）正艰难的为生存和获取外界信息而努力，虽然当地有护士玛格丽特等人想法设法为战俘提供帮助，但缺药的状况一直存在。为执行屠杀命令，宪兵军官长井接管了战俘营，而战俘营外，游骑兵战士们经过秘密行军终于抵达了目的地，营救成败，很快就要揭晓……...
