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.
影片改编自爱尔兰作家克莱尔·吉根的同名小说。讲述1985年的圣诞节，尽职的父亲、煤炭商人比尔·弗隆（基里安·墨菲 Cillian Murphy 饰）发现了镇上修道院里的惊人秘密，和关于他自己的一些令人震惊的真相。
