患有癌症晚期的诗人亚历山大(Bruno Ganz)在进医院等待死亡的前一天,想将一直陪伴其左右的狗交托自己的亲生女儿,遭到对方拒绝。女儿对自己处境的不了解,以及女婿打算将自己的祖屋卖掉,令亚历山大神伤不已黯然离开。
在亚历山大孤独地面对自己生命的最后一天时,太太安娜在世时的诸多生活片段、探望独自生活在疗养院中的年迈衰弱母亲的情形、花费大半生心血研究的19世纪诗人所罗穆斯等,一一以或真实或梦幻的形态与他会面,来助他解除对“明天会持续多久”的困惑。。A scientist discovers the bodies of three frozen genetically modified Russians buried in the Canadian North. Upon thawing them out he realizes he has unleashed a deadly threat to Western society and must stop them at all costs.。A hardened criminal fresh out of the joint takes a job as a handyman in a dilapidated house| but the twisted horrors he finds inside are enough to send anyone running. So why does he stay? And why are so many people drawn to Penance Lane?。