A well-educated psychiatrist (Eckhart) leaves an academic career to work at an institution where his father (Nolte), a novelist, lived before writing a renowned children's book. Acclimating to his position, he encounters a schizophrenic (McKellen) who helps him to discover the book's secrets and his place in the story. 　　译文(2): 一个受过良好教育的精神病学家(Eckhart 饰)放弃了他的学术生涯，去了他的父亲(Nolte 饰)所在的一家机构工作。他的父亲(Nolte 饰)是一位小说家，在写一本著名的儿童读物之前曾在那里生活过。适应了他的立场，他遇到了一个精神分裂症患者(麦凯伦)谁帮助他发现了书的秘密和他在故事中的地位。