本片是一部具學術性且形式前衛的影片，討論女性主義、母性與性別差異。影片主要分為三大部分、十三個章節，意圖建構觀者與影片中女性主體的關聯性，從女性的觀點與聲音來呈現影像中的女性。

Paranormal novelist Gideon Harlax is drawn into a battle between the forces of good, represented by alien angel Helith, and the forces of evil, represented by Helith's evil brother Asrael. Ranging from Oxford to Denmark, a North Sea ferry to an alien planet, Harlax unwittingly becomes part of an ancient plot that may result in the destruction of Earth...