修道院内，一切看来是那么宁静。爱玛快将宣誓晋升为修女之际，疏远已久的哥哥艾力突然到访，要求亡父遗产分一杯羹。妹妹是天使，艾力只是酗酒废青，神憎鬼厌。爱玛的静修被打扰，过去暗黑秘密亦逐一浮现。即使向上帝祷告亦难觅内心平静，只能以痛苦自残惩罚自己；以偷窃及谎言，企图掩饰难以承受的真相。决心侍奉上帝，却离神愈来愈远。丹麦导演卡特琳·勃劳克斯首作，探索圣人与罪人、完美与缺陷的共生关系。在悲剧的沉默里，救赎非来自上帝，而是自己。

　　修道院内，一切看来是那么宁静。爱玛快将宣誓晋升为修女之际，疏远已久的哥哥艾力突然到访，要求亡父遗产分一杯羹。妹妹是天使，艾力只是酗酒废青，神憎鬼厌。爱玛的静修被打扰，过去暗黑秘密亦逐一浮现。即使向上帝祷告亦难觅内心平静，只能以痛苦自残惩罚自己；以偷窃及谎言，企图掩饰难以承受的真相。决心侍奉上帝，却离神愈来愈远。丹麦导演卡特琳·勃劳克斯首作，探索圣人与罪人、完美与缺陷的共生关系。在悲剧的沉默里，救赎非来自上帝，而是自己。

A small provincial town is buzzing with excitement the town's most illustrious son, a world-famous opera singer, is coming home. Meanwhile, Sebastian, a kitchen boy who is as good as married, falls head over heels in love with the new maid, Maria. Their love affair, along with rumours that the opera singer and the kitchen boy are related, turns the town upside down, threatening to ruin everyone's high expectations and the opera singer's triumphant return.