15岁的少年米夏·伯格（大卫·克劳斯 David Kross 饰）偶遇36岁的中年隐藏女列车售票员汉娜（凯特·温丝莱特 Kate Winslet 饰），自后两个长进出一段隐衷的爱人说合。汉娜最癖好躺在米夏怀里听米夏为他读书，她老是重读浸在那朗朗的读书声中。年青的米夏重读溺于这种说合不行自拔的同期，却露出他自身源流不领略汉娜。骤然有镇日，这个隐藏女人不告而别，米夏在顷刻的迷茫和颓靡之后，户口始了...
At the age of 16, Martha Coolidge was raped by a fellow student. This experience, and in particular the emotions and rhetoric in its aftermath, forms the starting point for this Brechtian film, in whi...