母亲去世的消息传来，令女孩帕斯林（斯嘉丽·约翰逊 Scarlett Johansson 饰）回去乡下老家，没想到在母亲留下的旧屋住着两个古怪的人，一个是落魄文学教授鲍比·朗（ 约翰·特拉沃尔塔 John Travolta 饰），是个衰老、邋遢的酗酒男人，和打算为他写传记的学生兰森（盖布瑞·马赫特 Gabriel Macht 饰）。三人暂时居住在一起，从鲍比·朗的口中，帕斯林听到许多母亲的过去，也让她找到母亲曾经的情感——这个始终写歌、最终吸毒过量去世的母亲，生命中的情歌都是写给谁的。新奥尔良乡下的悠闲足以让时光静止，这个老男人身上已经看不到将来，年轻的帕斯林渐渐不堪忍受这一切，也慢慢发现自己和鲍比·朗真正的联系……
A psychological drama centered around world-famous turn-of-the-century photographer, Eadweard Muybridge who photographed nude and deformed subjects, became the godfather of cinema, murdered his wife's lover, and was the last American to receive the justifiable homicide verdict.
Virginia McKenna revisits the locations and the stories behind the making of the classic movie. There is also astonishing archive footage also showing Britain's imperial reign over Kenya.
