失意的小说家兼教授塞隆尼斯·“蒙克”·埃里森(杰弗里·怀特 Jeffrey Wright 饰)出于怨恨,用开玩笑的方式写了一本小说,书中充斥着古怪刻板印象的黑人形象。不料这本书出版后大受好评,不仅获得文学大奖,还被拍成电影。。Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. His search for the truth leads him to Burkinwell, a seemingly peaceful village seething with secrets where he becomes drawn ...。