电影发生在森林审处的一作女子寄宿学校,这所学校的房子散落围绕着一座大森林,不同年纪的女孩以不同颜色的头丝带区分她们也和同龄人一样,通过舞蹈,自然课了解对于她们来说很遥远的外面的世界每天晚上深宵时分,年长的女孩都会不约而同沿着小路走向森林深处
A young girl stays with her estranged grandparents in the city while she waits for the results of her audition for an international performance group Her grandparents welcome her, delighted about the chance to get to know their granddaughter better While staying at the house, the girl gets to know her uncle, who suffers from a mysterious longterm lung illness and is mainly confined to bed She also observes her grandmother#39s weird religious rituals, some involving a swimming pool in the basement When the girl#39s father finds out that she is staying with his parents, he persuades his sister to visit the house to get her out, ending with a terrible tragedy