伊迪斯（米娅·华希科沃斯卡 Mia Wasikowska 饰）是一名业余恐怖小说作家，某日，她邂逅了英俊的英国发明家托马斯（汤姆·希德勒斯顿 Tom Hiddleston 饰），后者的彬彬有礼温文尔雅很快就吸引了伊迪斯的注意，两人发展迅速。然而，伊迪斯的父亲卡特（吉姆·比弗 Jim Beaver 饰）却对托马斯充满了敌意，坚决反对女儿同他来往。...

Paris, summer 1942. Irene is Jewish and French. She is 19 and living a life of passions - Her friendships, her new love, her desire to be an actress - Nothing suggests that Irene's time is running out....