1896年11月第一周，索尔河的水灾。

1896年11月第一周，索尔河的水灾。

索恩（汤姆·霍兰德 Tom Hollander 饰）是一名年轻的医生，他和自己的侄女玛丽（斯蒂芬妮·马蒂尼 Stefanie Martini 饰）过着相依为命的日子，两人共同居住在一座位于巴塞特郡的小村庄里，日子虽然枯燥，但还算平静。 　　玛丽是索恩的哥哥亨利（Tim Wallers 饰）同一位贵族女孩生下的孩子，贵族女孩的哥哥罗杰（伊恩·麦柯肖恩 Ian McShane 饰）是当地知名的铁路大亨，他当然不会允许自己的妹妹和亨利这样一个一穷二白的臭小子在一起，自然也不愿意承认玛丽的身份。玛丽是一个拥有许多优秀品质的女孩，弗兰克（哈利·理查森 Harry Richardson 饰）、奥古斯塔（格温妮丝·凯沃斯 Gwyneth Keyworth 饰）和碧翠丝（Nell Barlow 饰）三兄妹是她唯一的朋友。

索恩（汤姆·霍兰德 Tom Hollander 饰）是一名年轻的医生，他和自己的侄女玛丽（斯蒂芬妮·马蒂尼 Stefanie Martini 饰）过着相依为命的日子，两人共同居住在一座位于巴塞特郡的小村庄里，日子虽然枯燥，但还算平静。 　　玛丽是索恩的哥哥亨利（Tim Wallers 饰）同一位贵族女孩生下的孩子，贵族女孩的哥哥罗杰（伊恩·麦柯肖恩 Ian McShane 饰）是当地知名的铁路大亨，他当然不会允许自己的妹妹和亨利这样一个一穷二白的臭小子在一起，自然也不愿意承认玛丽的身份。玛丽是一个拥有许多优秀品质的女孩，弗兰克（哈利·理查森 Harry Richardson 饰）、奥古斯塔（格温妮丝·凯沃斯 Gwyneth Keyworth 饰）和碧翠丝（Nell Barlow 饰）三兄妹是她唯一的朋友。

根据为儿童小说改编，背景是二战后的马其顿孤儿院，其设立的真正目的不是照顾孩子，而是灌输政治观念。诗一般的视觉效果和演员精彩的演出，让童年时的友谊和一生中的背叛，引起观众的共鸣

根据为儿童小说改编，背景是二战后的马其顿孤儿院，其设立的真正目的不是照顾孩子，而是灌输政治观念。诗一般的视觉效果和演员精彩的演出，让童年时的友谊和一生中的背叛，引起观众的共鸣

Though Delluc's career was short-lived, it burst vigorously(7 films in 4 years)that it forever left its imprint on french cinema history, and they rightly honoured him by giving the annual Prix Delluc to the best French film of the year. He was responsible for the creation of influential cinema journals like Le Journal du Ciné-Club and Cinéa, founding numerous film societies, writing countless articles and coining the term "cineaste". Delluc believed that films should be set in the natural without elaborate posturing, and characters should be portrayed in an intimate way where the past and present, illusion and reality can be correlated, all considered to be avant-garde at its time. He died only a few weeks after the shooting of The Flood at the age of 33.

Though Delluc's career was short-lived, it burst vigorously(7 films in 4 years)that it forever left its imprint on french cinema history, and they rightly honoured him by giving the annual Prix Delluc to the best French film of the year. He was responsible for the creation of influential cinema journals like Le Journal du Ciné-Club and Cinéa, founding numerous film societies, writing countless articles and coining the term "cineaste". Delluc believed that films should be set in the natural without elaborate posturing, and characters should be portrayed in an intimate way where the past and present, illusion and reality can be correlated, all considered to be avant-garde at its time. He died only a few weeks after the shooting of The Flood at the age of 33.