Brothers Martin and Simon, not yet teens, are incorrigible vandals; Martin runs away from reform school, Simon from foster homes, and they always find each other in a seacoast town of Lignan, where their destructive behavior is infamous. (It may date to their mother's leaving the family.) Martin is philosophical, romantic, and poetic: he dreams of being the son of a shark; he holds tight to a book about goldfish his mother gave him. In both halting and wild ways, he tries to court Marie, a neighbor girl. Simon, with a pocketknife and an intractable will, seems more dangerous to others. What, on earth, is there for these children-becoming-men? - IMDb

故事发生在二十世纪最后一个晚上。24岁的阿瑟和他的女朋友露茜一起过新年。露茜非常想要一个孩子，可阿瑟觉得自己还没有做好准备。
在漫长的新年夜，阿瑟有了一段离奇的经历：
他被神秘的力量拉回到70年后，和一位老人相遇，老人说自己就是阿瑟的儿子，还把“父亲”带回了家，把70年的家人和生活一一介绍给阿瑟……

A woman (Bincohe) seeks revenge on the people who killed her husband and son.