Gosha is a trucker; he delivers goods to remote Arctic parts of Yakutia. He is a monopolist and his services are expensive. His greed lures him into making a run without a backup-driver. His truck breaks down in the middle of the road. Gosha is trying to fix it when an accident occurs. Now he is face to face with ruthless Arctic wilderness and death is only one breath away.
故事发生在1914年的英国，维芙（米兰达·理查森 Miranda Richardson 饰）邂逅了名为艾略特（威廉·达福 Willem Dafoe 饰）的男子，此时的艾略特只是在牛津莫顿大学研究现代派诗的青年学生，一见钟情的两人很快就携手步入了婚姻的殿堂，婚后，艾略特展现出了对于写作的巨大热情，维芙百分之百的支持着丈夫，甚至充当了女秘书的角色。 随着时间的推移，艾略特在文坛里的名声渐渐增加，而他和维芙之间的感情却产生了裂痕。《荒原》的出版令艾略特抵达了他人生的第一个高峰，却也给艾略特和维芙的婚姻带来了致命的打击，维芙被诊断换上了神经失调症，遭到了监禁。
