梅林（斯特兰·斯卡斯加德 Stellan Skarsgård 饰）曾是一名信仰十分坚定的神父，然而，经过了第二次世界大战的洗礼，梅林的精神世界发生了翻天覆地的变化。战争结束之后，梅林依然生活在如同噩梦一般的记忆中无法自拔，这危险的信号让他决定踏上旅途，重新发现人生和信仰的意义。

An investment banker (Paul Mercurio) travels to Louisiana to snag the account of an eccentric millionaire (Malcolm McDowell) but gets involved with his lusty wife, Mardi Gras, and (possibly) a satanic cult. The events in and around New Orleans change him forever and give a new slant on The American Dream.