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 Paul Bettany 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 Jennifer Connelly 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……
On her wedding night, a young woman conceives a child during an hallucinatory encounter. Several years later, as her friends and family begin to behave strangely, she pieces together clues that lead to one conclusion...her son is the Antichrist!
Two high profile couples are forced to examine the cost of success when they're invited to an exclusive self-help retreat where their ancestors sold their souls generations prior.