Based on the eponymously titled novel, this is the powerful real-life story of Lale Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner who was tasked with tattooing ID numbers on prisoners' arms in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War Two.

1960年代的中国，一名年轻女性的关键决定掀起跨越时空的波澜，影响了一群身处现代的杰出科学家。自然法则在他们眼前逐渐支离破碎，五位曾经共事的科学家必须再度合作，化解人类史上最重大的威胁。