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
13岁的艾米安娜·帕奎因 Anna Paquin 饰在一场交通事故中失去了母亲只好被送到与母亲离异多年的父亲杰夫·丹尼尔斯 Jeff Daniels 饰身边父亲经营着一座农场整日琢磨各种稀奇古怪的发明面对已经长大的艾米难免不知所措二人最初的相处生疏而隔阂艾米收拾好丧母之痛也努力适应农场生活一日在一片树丛发现一窝被遗弃的大雁蛋她小心将它们捧回家里并成功孵出一窝小雁但是出于政府野雁不可以家养的规定艾米必须要令这些小雁放归自然父亲想出了奇妙的主意帮助艾米他动手为她制作了一架滑翔机让她带着小雁学会飞翔然后在迁徙季节一路护送雁妈妈艾米带领小雁们飞向安大略湖在这个过程中一对父女的心也开始紧紧连在一起……
