朱丽叶凯特·温丝莱特 Kate Winslet 饰和波林梅兰妮·林斯基 Melanie Lynskey 饰相识于一所校风严谨的女子学校中一见如故的两人之间很快就建立起了真挚而热烈的友情在两人共有的日记本上记录着名为波洛夫尼亚的虚构故事故事的主角是查尔斯国王和黛博拉王后 朱丽叶的肺结核病让她和波林被迫分离在此期间她们以查尔斯和黛博拉的身份互相通信随着时间的推移朱丽叶的父母察觉了女儿和波林之间超乎寻常的感情他们开始着手拆散这对如胶似漆的好友父母的举动让朱丽叶和波林十分痛苦处于敏感年纪的两人在冲动之下终于犯下了无法挽回的罪孽
Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister In time he has a family and many friends, but he also finds friction with a few of his parishioners A young doctor grates at what he feels is the parson#39;s interference in the scientific treatment of patients, and a mine owner resents Grey#39;s protection of an old sharecropper whose small plot of land stands in the way of his continued mining Grey must face a public health crisis and a lynch mob as a result, all seen and described through the eyes and memory of Grey#39;s young nephew John