年迈的作家潘乔·维罗索回到家乡追忆往昔、寻找写作灵感，在儿时好友重聚和回忆的双线叙事中，一群人的命运、一个时代的画卷徐徐展开。影片采用第一人称，过去和现在双线交织的叙事手法，用如诗如画的影像和语言展现......

　　The elderly caretaker of a remote morgue possesses an impeccable memory for everything but names. He passes his days showing corpses to those searching for their lost ones and tending to his beloved...