故事根据Rebecca Skloot的纪实文学改编。标题人物Henrietta Lacks是上世纪五十年代一位身患癌症的黑人女性，1951年医学研究者非法从她身上获取了癌细胞，结果却引出了令人震惊的医学突破——不仅改变了许多人的命运，甚至改变了整个医学界。据称当时Henrietta Lacks的细胞被用来创造第一株「不死的」人体干细胞——在接受植入后的一个星期仍然存活。 　　该剧的主人公是Henrietta Lacks的女儿Deborah Lacks（Oprah Winfrey），她试图理解一个自己从未见过的母亲，研究她与现代医学发展之间的奇特关联。剧情深刻揭露了医学界的傲慢、自大、种族、贫穷等问题，同时深入剖析「最不可能成为朋友的人」如何建立起「最深厚的友谊」。Rose Byrne扮演年轻女记者Rebecca Skloot，她正在调查Henrietta Lacks的故事及其「不死的」细胞。她与Henrietta的女儿、魅力非凡但性格复杂的Deborah建立了亲密友谊。 　　经过长达十多年的调查研究，Rebecca最终写出了著名的《Henrietta Lacks的不朽人生》（The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks）。这本书出版后立刻登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜，并且在榜单上停留了整整四年时间，影响力甚为深远。

在日本帝国主义占领朝鲜时期，朝鲜人民军战士石哲接受任务去某地重建抗日组织，后来被出卖，而刚恢复的组织也遭到敌人袭击。石哲为掩护受伤同志转移而不幸被捕，他面对着敌人严刑拷打和折磨，英勇不屈。石哲为了防止自己在神志模糊时，泄露秘密，他毅然决然将自己的舌头咬断！（咬断舌头那一幕堪称经典）绝望的敌人最后将英雄杀害，石哲壮烈牺牲。

在日本帝国主义占领朝鲜时期，朝鲜人民军战士石哲接受任务去某地重建抗日组织，后来被出卖，而刚恢复的组织也遭到敌人袭击。石哲为掩护受伤同志转移而不幸被捕，他面对着敌人严刑拷打和折磨，英勇不屈。石哲为了防止自己在神志模糊时，泄露秘密，他毅然决然将自己的舌头咬断！（咬断舌头那一幕堪称经典）绝望的敌人最后将英雄杀害，石哲壮烈牺牲。

In this symbolic and philosophically weighty film, all of the inhabitants of a Portuguese mental asylum suffer from religious delusions of one kind or another -- even the cynic who denies the value of any religions at all. One couple re-enacts the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden, and then the woman who played at being Eve plays at being St. Teresa de Avila. Another man thinks he's a character from a Dostoyevsky novel, and yet another claims to have in his possession a fifth gospel from the Bible. Everyone has a point of view and is not shy about stating it, defending it in debate with the others with great sincerity, though (the reviewers claimed) with very little elegance or wit. (Clarke Fountain) 　　What would've happened if Lazarus met Nietzsche? The man who raised from the deads and the man who killed God are but two faces of the same soul. Oliveira let the books talk about human greatness and misery. 　　If you are not interested in the theological debate, don't waste your time here. But if you're not interested, you're already wasting your time. (Dionysis)

改编自乔家小桥在晋江连载的小说《神曲》。

改编自乔家小桥在晋江连载的小说《神曲》。

Narrated by Gabriel Byrne (Usual Suspects, Vanity Fair, Miller's Crossing), this seven-time Best Documentary award-winning film (Silver Lake Film Festival, Beverly Hills Film Festival) is the most comprehensive and mind-blowing investigation of humankind's relationship with death ever captured on film. Hailed by many viewers as a "life-transformational film," Flight from Death uncovers death anxiety as a possible root cause of many of our behaviors on a psychological, spiritual, and cultural level. 　　Following the work of the late cultural anthropologist, Ernest Becker, and his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Denial of Death, this documentary explores the ongoing research of a group of social psychologists that may forever change the way we look at ourselves and the world. Over the last twenty-five years, this team of researchers has conducted over 300 laboratory studies, which substantiate Becker's claim that death anxiety is a primary motivator of human behavior, specifically aggression and violence. 　　Flight from Death features an all-star cast of scholars, authors, philosophers, and researchers including Sam Keen, Robert Jay Lifton, Irvin Yalom, and Sheldon Solomon culminating in a film that is "not only thought-provoking but also entertaining and put together with a lot of class" (Eric Campos, Film Threat). Three years in the making and beautifully photographed in eight different countries, Flight from Death is "a stimulating, ultimately life-affirming film, filled with big ideas and revelatory footage" (Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times). Written by Anonymous

Narrated by Gabriel Byrne (Usual Suspects, Vanity Fair, Miller's Crossing), this seven-time Best Documentary award-winning film (Silver Lake Film Festival, Beverly Hills Film Festival) is the most comprehensive and mind-blowing investigation of humankind's relationship with death ever captured on film. Hailed by many viewers as a "life-transformational film," Flight from Death uncovers death anxiety as a possible root cause of many of our behaviors on a psychological, spiritual, and cultural level. 　　Following the work of the late cultural anthropologist, Ernest Becker, and his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Denial of Death, this documentary explores the ongoing research of a group of social psychologists that may forever change the way we look at ourselves and the world. Over the last twenty-five years, this team of researchers has conducted over 300 laboratory studies, which substantiate Becker's claim that death anxiety is a primary motivator of human behavior, specifically aggression and violence. 　　Flight from Death features an all-star cast of scholars, authors, philosophers, and researchers including Sam Keen, Robert Jay Lifton, Irvin Yalom, and Sheldon Solomon culminating in a film that is "not only thought-provoking but also entertaining and put together with a lot of class" (Eric Campos, Film Threat). Three years in the making and beautifully photographed in eight different countries, Flight from Death is "a stimulating, ultimately life-affirming film, filled with big ideas and revelatory footage" (Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times). Written by Anonymous