Jason Goldframe, a film producer, is always the best and the first! It's his ambition to be the very first to achieve the inconceivable: making a 270mm film. Obsessed as he is, he even wants to be faster than his shadow. One evening he succeeds…

年轻的英国导演乔史蒂芬森（现在正在一部大肆宣传的诺埃尔·科沃德传记片的前期制作中，该片将由伊恩·麦凯伦和凡妮莎·雷德格雷夫主演）首次登场，讲述了乐观的15岁的理查德（因学习困难而困扰）和他不安、虐待他人的哥哥。当理查德爱上17岁的安娜贝尔（亚斯敏·佩吉，来自潜艇）时，兄弟之间的关系被拉长到了临界点，家庭秘密被揭露，理查德的…