本片講述了一位在東京落魄的美國演員的故事。他受雇于一家日本家庭租賃公司，充當門面上的“美籍演員”，由此通過扮演他人生活中的各種角色，踏上了一段意想不到的自我發現之旅。

　　一次偶然中，布蘭登（馬修·麥康納 Matthew McConaughey 飾）發現自己竟然擁有一項如此神奇的特異功能——他能夠準確預測出每周末舉行的橄欖球比賽的結果。這一能力徹底扭轉了布蘭登失意而又頹廢的生活，同時也將他卷入了金錢和利益所構造的漩渦之中?！　∥痔兀ò枴づ廖髦Z Al Pacino 飾）經營著一家體育顧問公司，布蘭登的神奇能力在他的眼中無異于是一根點石成金的魔杖。野心勃勃的他找到了布蘭登，千方百計的說服了后者加入了他的公司。從此，沃特的事業扶搖直上，布蘭登也在沃特的身上找到了親情和友情。但隨著布蘭登的能力的逐漸流逝，他和沃特之間的關系也開始了動搖。兩人心中都有各自的想法，而最終的贏家只有一個。

莉迪婭從小在父親的暴力陰影下長大，游泳是她唯一的逃避方式。她憑借獎學金進入大學，卻在成年后陷入毒癮、混亂的性關系和失去孩子的痛苦中。她的人生如同水流，時而湍急、時而沉寂，無法掌控方向。在最深的低谷中，莉迪婭開始寫作。文字成為她的呼吸，也成為她重新定義自己的方式。她不再只是受害者，而是講述者，是創造者。通過回望過去，她一點點拼湊出破碎的自我，也在寫作中找到了勇氣。 　　影片改編自莉迪亞·尤克納維奇所著回憶錄。

　　The nightmare was about a demonic possession. A long time ago, there was an evil in a small town and it was jealous of the girl and would never let her go, since the devil loved the girl. One night, the evil raped the girl and she became pregnant. After months the girl could not hide her baby, her father figured her secret out and clapped the girl in irons and locked her room door. But the evil put the gun to her father' temple and saved the girl. The father had a stroke and had been sleeping on the bed for three months and died. Time went on and the girl brought a child into the world. Naturally, people who were living in the village heard the story and they did not want to see neither the girl nor the baby since when the baby was born, plants dried in the field, fishes lost in the lake and people had prayed to the god for rain, but nothing changed in the village. People got so angry, dug a hole in front of the fountain, put her into the hole and threw stones at her face. The girl died soon after. The evil went off the deep end, took a revenge of the village and killed everyone except two sisters because the evil wanted them to take care of its baby...