薩羅（戴夫·帕特爾 Dev Patel 飾）和妹妹、哥哥以母親過著相依為命的活，雖然貧窮艱辛，一家人在一起相互扶，日子過得依然溫暖又充滿了歡樂。一次然中，薩羅同哥哥在車站走散了，誤打誤之中，薩羅登上了一開往加爾各答的火車在那里，薩羅成為了宿街頭的流浪兒，并終被送進(jìn)了收容所。運(yùn)的薩羅被來自澳大亞的約翰（大衛(wèi)·文 David Wenham 飾）和蘇（妮可·基德曼 Nicole Kidman 飾）夫婦兩收養(yǎng)了，兩人愛的教養(yǎng)下，薩成長為了前途無量的為青年。在學(xué)校里，羅邂逅了名為露西（妮·瑪拉 Rooney Mara 飾）的女生，兩人很快走到一起。某次派對(duì)中，自家鄉(xiāng)的食物勾起了羅對(duì)過去的回憶，他生出了回到家鄉(xiāng)尋找人的念頭。?豆?
A broken FBI agent, suspended from her job and struggling with the loss of her mother, travels to the small mountain town she used to visit as a child. She is befriended by a special needs boy who possesses the extraordinary gift of healing others through his unbroken spirit and unique outlook on life. Though she is hurting, she begins to see through his eyes as the puzzle pieces fall into place.
