电影改编自《华尔街日报》战地记者丹尼尔•珀尔的妻子所写的回忆录。丹尼尔（丹·福特曼 Dan Futterman饰）前往巴基斯坦调查报道一桩恐怖分子的新闻，却不幸遭到绑架，不久后惨遭杀害。妻子玛林娜（安吉丽娜·朱莉 Angelina Jolie饰）却一直在祈求丈夫能平安归来，寻找丈夫的信念一直支撑着这个已有着身孕的准妈妈。...
Ralph Anderson returns to his remote California hometown for the first time in many years. Now a lawyer, he has been estranged from his father, Lloyd, and brother, Tippy, ever since being sent to reform school as a youth for stealing a car, taking the blame for his brother's crime....
