莎拉·乔丹(安吉丽娜·朱莉 Angelina Jolie饰)是一位过着令人艳羡的上流生活的社会名媛,她的丈夫也是事业有成的实业家。杯觥交错的生活,原本可以一直这样富有安逸的过下去,直到她在一次慈善晚宴上邂逅了一生挚爱尼克·卡拉汉(克里夫·欧文 Clive Owen饰)——终生致力于人道主义救援的医生。 尼克常年工作在条件艰苦甚至有生命危险的国家地区,为那些身处战乱忍受饥饿疾病的人们实施医疗援助。莎拉被深深的触动了,她放弃了现有的生活,前往埃塞俄比亚与尼克的队友一起参加救援工作。从贫瘠蹂躏的埃塞俄比亚到战火纷飞的越南再到暴乱不断的车臣,这对超越边界、超越种族、超越时空的爱人,为了共同的信念,付出了一切……Beyond Borders is an epic tale of the turbulent romance between two star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the world's most dangerous hot spots. Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984. She is married to Henry Bauford son of a wealthy British industrialist, when she encounters Nick Callahan a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.