Ronald Wright's bestseller A Short History Of Progress inspired this cinematic requiem to progress-as-usual. Throughout human history, what seemed like progress often backfired. Some of the world's foremost thinkers, activists, financiers and scientists challenge us to overcome 'progress traps,' which destroyed past civilizations and lie treacherously embedded in our own.

亨利·博朗纳先生在86岁的时候失去记忆，每天离家出走去寻找另一个更«舒服»的家。 他的两个儿子卡布里埃， 一名战地记者， 及艾瑞克， 实习飞行员就如何对待他们父亲的记忆退化问题达不成一致意见， 但兄弟俩不得不重新找寻使他们连结在一起的纽带， 以便陪伴他们的父亲到他寻找的神秘目的地«另一个家»。