- Abraham Bursztein, an 88 year-old Jewish tailor, runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland, where he proposes to find a friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II. After seven decades without any contact with him, Abraham will try to find his old friend and keep his promise to return one day.
- 戈尔(约翰•库萨克 John Cusack 饰倒的木偶艺人,善于操作舞台上傀儡木偶。生活所迫,他进入了一间纽约一间公司从事文件管理工作。这间公司在办公大厦的七楼半,由于它只有半层楼高,所以职员们都只能拱着腰工作。 正是由于这样,戈尔偶然发现了公司的文件柜后面有一扇门。好奇心驱使下,戈尔进入了这扇门。当戈尔一进入门内,马上便被吸入…