A young aspiring writer discovers secrets about her family's past when she finds herself mysteriously being pulled back and forth in time to a 19th century plantation.

丽萨（德博拉·温格 Debra Winger 饰）和丈夫罗伯特（理查·詹金斯 Richard Jenkins 饰）都是一生行骗的骗术大师，在有了孩子奥德（埃文·蕾切尔·伍德 Evan Rachel Wood 饰）之后，夫妻两人自然也想将她培养成为和他们一样优秀的“人才”。