2年前，科幻小说家大卫·戈登（约翰·库萨克 John Cusack 饰）遭受了丧妻之痛，时间并未抚平他心中的伤口，反倒令其愈感空虚。为了排遣心中的孤独，大卫决定收养一个小孩，当然这个决定遭到周围亲友的质疑和反对。不顾他人的意见，大卫领养了名叫丹尼斯（鲍比·科尔曼 Bobby Coleman 饰）的小男孩。丹尼斯虽然清秀可爱，性格却非常古怪。他自称来自火星，终日躲在纸盒子里，不与其他小朋友玩耍，喜欢...
Ten directors of a new generation of filmmakers tell how differently people in Switzerland cope with the worst imaginable disaster; the fact of being dependent on other countries....
A pilots pregnant wife is killed by a band of thugs who break into their home. The gang is caught and sent off to prison. Wanting to see that "justice" is done the pilot stages his own death...