在充满狂乱且略带忧伤的夜晚一对夫妇痛失可爱的幼子尼克这件事给他们以莫大的打击也让这段原本便矛盾暗生的婚姻走向崩溃边缘妻子夏洛特•甘斯布 Charlotte Gainsbourg 饰久久沉浸悲痛中无法自拔身为心理咨询师丈夫威廉•达福 Willem Dafoe 饰一方面希望弥合破裂的婚姻另一方面试图通过心理疏导让妻子忘记过去最终他们决定前往位于伊登Eden森林的小木屋中缓释心情此前一年女人曾带着尼克在此撰写一篇关于基督和反女性的论文过往的回忆让重蹈此地的她紧张慌乱心理治疗在焦灼烦躁的情绪中进行夫妻俩没有找到渴望已久的光明反而堕入更加无边的黑暗之中…… 本片荣获2009年戛纳电影节最佳女主角奖Charlotte Gainsbourg
Allen Meneric is committed to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane because of a brutal revenge murder There he is forced to deal with the very ill and the dangerous until, as part of a socialization program, he is transferred to minimum security where he meets Mia, a beautiful bipolar female inmate Ever haunted by his past, Allen seeks his redemption when sudden events demand that he protect Mia from the violence and chaos of the institution
