World War II is around the corner, but the only thing Sally Bauer can think of is the ocean. Her dream is to swim across the English Channel. Her father has tried to exorcise her obsession with swimming since she was a toddler, without success. An unwanted pregnancy forces her to abandon her dream – and herself. The child’s father does not want to be involved, so as a woman in the ‘30s in Sweden, Sally has no choice but to do what is expected of her: to be a mother. There is no place left for her dreams and Sally is pulled into bottomless darkness, until her sister Carla saves her. With renewed purpose, together the sisters begin to dismantle the conventions they are constantly facing. In late August 1939, Sally stands on the shore at Dover and takes her first step into the English Channel. She swims across the open and icy sea for 15 hours, waving to the Navy who are readying for war. A couple of days after Sally swims ashore at Calais, Poland is invaded.

　　狄武周天授元年，嶺南潞州城司馬孔成業迷戀修道煉丹，傳聞找到了長生不老丹的藥方，只缺一味名叫彼岸花的奇草。傳言這是來自地獄的死亡之花，常年生長在墳冢幽谷之中，能致人產生幻覺，中幻覺者如妖邪附體般，發狂發癲，死狀凄慘。　　孔成業發出懸賞，采到彼岸花者，賞百金。山民獵戶等紛紛進山尋找，連孔成業也帶人到處扒墳冢、探幽谷。忙活的孔成業突然慘死，死前發狂。連他的幾名參軍也死相極慘，都說孔成業采到了彼岸花，被妖邪附身殺死，鬧得滿城風雨。潞州刺史陸英杰上報朝廷，恰逢狄仁杰巡查嶺南諸州，女皇武則天命其前往潞州，全權調查此案.。

曾經為國家而戰的男人，如今必須對抗來自內部的敵人，才能守護自己的家園與家人。

　　A portrait of actress Eleonora Duse.