杰西卡·霍兰德（蒂尔达·斯文顿 Tilda Swinton 饰）是旅居哥伦比亚的欧洲人，她来到波哥大看望她生病的姐姐（艾格尼丝·布雷克 Agnes Brekke 饰）。因为总是听到奇怪的巨响，于是她试图去找寻幻听的根源，并由此开始了一场由幻想、偶遇与重逢组成的，与记忆和历史产生回响的旅程。
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...
一个三十多的男人Jung Woo，为了治疗他严重的嗜酒成瘾症，找到了一个在江原道深山的疗养院。在那里遇到了一个深深吸引他的美丽年轻的修女Maria。但他的酒精成瘾症让他整日地在山林里游荡并陷入了被攻击的幻觉，直到遇见了一位常常拜访疗养院的中年猎人。为了猎人背包里的白酒，他加入了猎人的狩猎之旅。没想到却被暴风雪困在了深山里的小屋中。更遭的是，猎人威胁他对自己开枪，否则他们两人都将无法逃出升天。
