伊莎贝尔·于佩斯饰演的安娜,一家四口从城市逃难到乡下,发觉自己的村屋给人占去。争执中丈夫被杀,安娜带着子女流离失所,途中儿子还给一流浪少年扣留。后来到了一个火车站,很多人在苦候,望火车把他们带到安乐郷。安娜听说有一班宗教义士,奉献自己以拯救人类,连她儿子也甘愿受祭。人在极端环境里不见得只剩下狼性。汉尼卡的风格有份严峻之美,正为杜绝滥情,从人之不仁中发现希望。In an undefined time, the environment has been totally destroyed and now the water is contaminated and the animals have been burned. Georges Laurent travels with her wife Anne Laurent, their teenage daughter Eva and their son Ben from the city to their cabin in the countryside. On the arrival, they find that intruders have broken in the house, and one stranger kills George. Anne, Eva and Ben wander through the village asking for shelter and supplies for their acquaintances, but they refuse to help them. They reach an abandoned barn and spend the night inside. On the next morning, they meet a teenage boy and they walk together to a train station, where they find other survivors. Together, they wait for the train expecting to go to a better place in the middle of the chaos.