1976年7月27日夜，唐山地区爆发7.8级强烈地震，房屋倒塌，灾民无数。面对即将坍塌的危楼，丈夫方大强（张国强 饰）和妻子李元妮（徐帆 饰）都要去救被困的龙凤胎儿女方登（张子枫 饰）、方达（张家骏 饰）。危急时刻，方大强拦住了妻子，冲进去营救时不幸罹难。李元妮在震后发现，一双儿女被困在一块水泥板两端，若要营救，必然牺牲一方。情急之下，她做出了艰难选择——救弟弟。此事成为方登心中难以磨灭的隐痛。后来，她被军人王德清（陈道明 饰）夫妇收养。高考后，方登（张静初 饰）进入杭州医学院学习，并与研究生师兄杨志（陆毅 饰）产生了感情……方达被救却断了胳膊，李元妮以无私的母爱抚养他成人。成年后的方达（李晨 饰）去杭州闯荡，娶了媳妇小河（王子文 饰），并干出了一番事业。32年后，这家人的命运却因为5·12汶川地震再次发生了交叠……

Charged with leading demonstrations for the democratization movement, student activist Kim Gi-young (Moon Sung-keun) is a fugitive from the law. He sneaks into a mining village on the verge of being shut down, with a fake ID in hand. Feeling frustrated with the current state of activism, which centers around the intelligentsia, he gets a job as a man-of-all-work at a coal factory and meets the motley inhabitants of the mining village. Dae-sik (Yang Jin-yeong) works to support his family in place of his father, who is in prison for instigating a strike. Detective Kang (Lee Su-chan) always keeps a sharp eye on everything that goes on in the village. Then there are strike organizer Cheon Do-seong (Kang Neung-won), fellow worker Jeong (Hwang Hae), Taek's mother (Kim Kyung-ran), and Sun's mother (Jo Ju-mi). Sung-cheol (Park Joong-hoon), whose father is a local bigshot and the owner of the coal factory, lords it over the neighborhood bars and cafes. Angry at his father (Park Kyu-chae) for leaving his mother and marrying another woman, Sung-cheol vents his resentment on the cafe girls and factory workers. Meanwhile, Young-sook (Shim Hye-jin), who works as a prostitute at the local cafe, is becoming fed up with Sung-cheol's violent and demeaning treatment of her. When she meets Gi-young, who is reserved but warm, she begins to have feelings for him and stops selling sexual favors. As the impending miners' strike darkens the horizon, Gi-young and Young-sook fall in love and enjoy each other's company. Then one day, Sung-cheol receives news of his mother's death and wreaks havoc at the cafe. When Young-sook refuses to satisfy his demands, he starts to beat her up. Gi-young tries to stop him, but his intervention brings him to the attention of Detective Kang and he is hauled off to the police station. Gi-young undergoes torture at the hands of the police, but he is eventually cleared of all charges and released. When he finally comes to through Young-sook's devoted care, he tells her that he is a wanted fugitive. His identity is soon exposed and he is forced to run once more. Young-sook decides to leave the village with him, and heads to the cafefor her things. While making her last coffee delivery, Young-sook runs into Sung-cheol, who tries to stop her from leaving. She ends up killing him, and is dragged off by the police as Gi-young waits for her at the train station.

在一个弥漫着不祥气息的夜晚，约翰（彼得·穆尼 Peter Mooney 饰）和莎拉（泰勒·席林 Taylor Schilling 饰）迎来了家庭的新成员，与此同时在世界的另一个角落，某个冷血杀人狂遭受警方枪击，倒在血泊之中。此后不久，莎拉发现她这个有着异色瞳的儿子迈尔斯具有远超出同龄人的智慧，她为此兴奋不已，一门心思以天才的方式培养儿子。可是随着儿子年龄的长大，种种异相接二连三在迈尔斯的身上发生。他会在梦中用匈牙利语咒骂他人，会以残酷凶狠的手段殴打同学，他眼神中透露出来的冷酷凶残令约翰、莎拉夫妇站立不安。从他人口中得知，迈尔斯体内有可能住着另一个人的灵魂，而那个灵魂以残杀嗜血为乐……

A leisurely day belies its uninvited end as Jay and Alex, best friends and roommates, challenge one another on their opinions of sexuality.