在一个风景如画的英国乡村，自然学家查尔斯·达尔文（保罗·贝坦尼PaulBettany饰）与妻女一起过着恬静的生活。他十岁的大女儿安妮对世界充满好奇，达尔文便教予她很多自然和科学知识，其中还包括他的进化论，然而在世人都相信上帝乃造物主的当时，女儿口中的进化论无疑是危险的，以至于令她被家庭教师体罚，就连达尔文深爱的妻子艾玛（詹妮弗·康纳利JenniferConnelly饰）也无法认同他的观念和研究。更令达尔文受创的是，不久后，小安妮因生病早夭，唯一一个支持他完成学说的力量之源也黯淡了，整理《物种起源》手稿的工作变得犹如逆行荆棘，举步维艰……　　本片改编自达尔文第三代玄孙兰德尔·凯恩斯（RandalKeynes）的传记小说《安妮的盒子》。

Ayoungmutewoman,livinginasmallvillage,isexpectingababy.Herhusbandisatthesametimewritinganovelandusingthevillagersashischaracters.Inthecreativeprocess,realityandimaginationareconstantlyintertwined.

WunderderSchöpfungisanextraordinary,fascinatingKulturfilmtryingtoexplainthewholehumanknowledgeofthe1920sabouttheworldandtheuniverse.15specialeffectsexpertsand9cameramenwereinvolvedintheproductionofthisfilmwhichcombinesdocumentaryscenes,historicaldocuments,fictionelements,animationscenesandeducationalimpact.Ititsbeautifullycolored,usingtintingandtoninginaveryelaboratedway.SomevisualideasinthesequenceswithaspaceshuttlevisitingdifferentplanetsintheuniverseseemtohavetobetheinspirationforStanleyKubrick's2001:ASpaceOdyssey.　　InthecontextofGermany'sKulturfilmphenomenon,WunderderSchöpfungwasamongthegreatestachievementsofthe1920s.Theproductionwasconstructed,rehearsed,andshotoveraperiodoftwoandahalfyears,underthesupervisionofHannsWalterKornblum.Theideatodescribetheuniverseandman'splaceinitwellsuitedUFA'sGrossfilmmentality,oneyearbeforetheMetropoliscatastrophe.Hundredsofskilledcraftsmenparticipatedintheproject,buildingpropsandconstructingscalemodelsdrawnby15specialeffectsdraughtsmen,while9camerameninseparateunitsworkedonthehistorical,documentary,fiction,animation,andscience-fictionsequences.Withoutstarrolesorevenprotagonists,thefilm'splotiscrowdedwithmeticulouslystructuredandskillfullyactedsinglescenesanartfulmosaicofsmallvignettes.Nolessthanfourcrediteduniversityprofessorsensuredthefactualbackgroundbehindthescientificandhistoricaleventsportrayed.　　Thefilm'ssymbolofprogressandthenewscientificeraisaspacecraft,travellingthroughtheMilkyWay,makingalltheplanetsandtheirinspiringworldsfamiliartous,withtheextravaganzaoftheirdistinctivefeatures.Thefilm'seducationalintentions,however,becomesteadilymoreobscure,humorous,orevencampyasthispopularizationprojectproceeds.Withtheexcuseofpresentingtheendoftheworldanot-so-newconceptasanew,undeniablyscientifictruth,thefilmveershappilyalonganewpath,displayingdetailedapocalypticscenesoftheendofmankind.Fortoday'saudiences,thisamazingfilmdemonstrateshowtheuniversewascomprehendedinthe1920s,andhowthatviewwassoldtocontemporaryaudiences.

Young,bestsellingauthorErynBellowconcludesherbookstoretourwithheragentsellingfilmrightsandclosingasixfigureadvanceforherfollow-up.HeadwindsariseascriticsgetoffendedbytheclaimsthatErynisbeingdeclaredalivingliterarylegend.77mi.ccThestormgathersforceastheassaultsgravitatefrombadreviewstoafake-memoirdesignedtoobliterateherfromthefield.Throughthenoise,Erynattemptstowriteherwayoutofthepublicfray,andreclaimhervoiceinthemindsofherreaders.Alongtheway,shehopestoproveahappyendingisnotalwaysabadthing.

故事发生在一个大雨滂沱的爱尔兰渔村，讲述一位母亲为了保护儿子而撒谎，以及这个选择对她的社群、家庭和她自己造成的毁灭性影响。