巴里(羅里·金尼爾 Rory Kinnear 飾)是小鎮(zhèn)上的教區(qū)議員,鬿雀前的再也無(wú)法想到的是,自己的外猝死會(huì)在風(fēng)平浪靜的小鎮(zhèn)掀起怎樣的狂瀾?;羧A德(克爾·剛本 Michael Gambon 飾)和雪莉(朱莉婭·麥肯茨 Julia McKenzie 飾)是鎮(zhèn)上的模范夫妻、西蒙(Richard Glover 飾)是個(gè)喜歡在老婆和孩子身上發(fā)泄怒火的暴力狂慎子沃校長(zhǎng)(西蒙·邁克伯尼 Simon McBurney 飾)整日神經(jīng)兮兮,每一個(gè)都覺(jué)得自己是巴里所留下的位的最佳繼承者,并做好了足的準(zhǔn)備,為了得到他們所要的東西而爭(zhēng)得你死我活。名為“從地”的貧民區(qū)里,小鎮(zhèn)居民們視為眼中釘肉中的人們依舊過(guò)著日復(fù)一日的苦生活,殊不知,一個(gè)意巫謝他們徹底“鏟除”的計(jì)劃正悄悄醞釀。?豆?
Ewa returns to her village after a hospital stay. She works on a plantation that grows wild roses. While Ewa was away her mother has been taking care of her children Marysia and Jas. Ewa's husband Andrzej also returns home after working for months in Norway. The time apart has created distance between them. During Marysia's first munion, Ewa starts to feel ill. Her friend Basia drives her home. Basia admits that she leaked the gossip to Andrzej about Ewa's affair with Marcel, a local high school boy. Ewa meets Marcel on the rose plantation. She says that their relationship is over. After Marcel leaves, Marta realizes that Jas, her 2-year-old son, has disappeared. The search begins. After hours a policeman appears and says that Jas has been found. Marta and Andrzej go to the next village and pick up Jas. Ewa returns to the hospital she left a few days before. We discover that Ewa had given birth to a child and put it up for adoption. Ewa wants her child back.