一次拼尽全力的抢救牵起两段命运的延续。两位花季少女的人生才刚刚开始,却要被死神按下终止键。两个家庭在这命运关头相遇, 现实的残酷和时间的紧迫,成为他们身上背负的沉重枷锁, 一个是为了女儿丁雁（艾米 饰）竭尽全力的父亲（王千源 饰），一个是为了女儿江晓鱼（黄杨钿甜 饰）变卖家产的母亲（谭卓 饰）， 他们不惜付出一切代价也要让自己的女儿活下去。在生死攸关面前，他们能否经得住人性的考验？在与时间抢夺生的希望之时，命运又会将他们带往怎样的深渊……
In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.
本片改编自罗尔德·达尔深受喜爱的故事，讲述富翁亨利·休格（本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇 Benedict Cumberbatch 饰）决心掌握非凡的赌博作弊技巧。
Two chimney sweeps living in monogamous, heterosexual marriages both end up in situations that challenge their views on sexuality and gender roles.
