和大部分家庭一样，杰瑞特一家人过着稳定而又平静的生活，卡尔文（唐纳德·萨瑟兰 Donald Sutherland）不仅是一个工作上矜矜业业的正直律师，同时也将父亲和丈夫的角色扮演得十分出色，和妻子贝丝（玛丽·泰勒·摩尔 Mary Tyler Moore 饰）结婚二十余载，两人的感情分外稳定。 　　身为杰瑞特家的大儿子，伯克（Scott Doebler 饰）享受着更多的关心与爱，身为小儿子的康纳德（蒂莫西·赫顿 Timothy Hutton 饰）对此却并不在意。一次意外中，伯克溺水身亡，悲痛欲绝的贝丝迁怒于当时和伯克在一起的康纳德，这让后者十分痛苦与自责，好在有卡尔文的陪伴和关心，他内心的创伤才渐渐治愈。然而，当他再次鼓起勇气向母亲索取温暖的时候，贝丝的举动却让他的心再一次坠入了冰窖。

和大部分家庭一样，杰瑞特一家人过着稳定而又平静的生活，卡尔文（唐纳德·萨瑟兰 Donald Sutherland）不仅是一个工作上矜矜业业的正直律师，同时也将父亲和丈夫的角色扮演得十分出色，和妻子贝丝（玛丽·泰勒·摩尔 Mary Tyler Moore 饰）结婚二十余载，两人的感情分外稳定。　　身为杰瑞特家的大儿子，伯克（Scott Doebler 饰）享受着更多的关心与爱，身为小儿子的康纳德（蒂莫西·赫顿 Timothy Hutton 饰）对此却并不在意。一次意外中，伯克溺水身亡，悲痛欲绝的贝丝迁怒于当时和伯克在一起的康纳德，这让后者十分痛苦与自责，好在有卡尔文的陪伴和关心，他内心的创伤才渐渐治愈。然而，当他再次鼓起勇气向母亲索取温暖的时候，贝丝的举动却让他的心再一次坠入了冰窖。

虽然从小就生活在曼斯菲尔德庄园中，但这里的一切却无法让范妮（弗兰西丝·奥康纳 Frances O'Connor 饰）感到一丝亲切。寄人篱下的身份让年幼的她饱尝了人情的冷暖，好在有善良的埃德蒙德（约翰·李·米勒 Jonny Lee Miller 饰）的关心和陪伴，范妮才得以保留心中那一块小小的净土。才华横溢的范妮喜欢通过文字来记录内心的所想所感，成为一名作家是她最大的梦想。 　　亨利（亚历桑德罗·尼沃拉 Alessandro Nivola 饰）和玛丽（艾伯丝·戴维兹 Embeth Davidtz 饰）的到来打破了庄园中的宁静生活，伦敦的经历让兄妹两习惯于热情而奔放的表达感情，这一切在曼斯菲尔德庄园中实属罕见。很快的，埃德蒙德的注意力便被漂亮的玛丽吸引了，同时，亨利似乎也对范妮十分中意，面对人生中这突如其来的变化，范妮不知该何去何从。

In 1909, amidst the dying old west, Willie Boy, a long distance Desert Runner by Chemehuevi tradition, falls in love with young native beauty, Carlota. Carlota's father, a Chemehuevi shaman and local tribal leader, refuses to let the young couple be together. In a fatal confrontation, Carlota's father falls dead to an accidental gun shot and the young lovers flee to the sun ens...

Since ancient times, a tribe on the African continent has been prophesying that a white boy will arrive to be their god the Son of the Moon. David, a 12-year-old orphan who lives in Europe, learns about the prophecy and believes that he is the chosen child and that destiny must be fulfilled at any cost. Before David can fulfill his prophecy he must escape the heavily guarded scientific organization that has adopted him. David's strange behavior and the fact that he possesses extrasensory perception, has attracted the attention of an organization researching so-called prodigious beings in the occult tradition. David soon discovers that their goal is to channel the moon's energy into a child yet to be born, robbing him of his rightful place as the Son of the Moon. Two women, Victoria, a member of the center, and Georgina, the future mother of the supposed moonchild, will help David fulfill his destiny. After several attempts David manages to escape the center and undergoes a series of new experiences love, adventure, supernatural events and even death. David is relentlessly pursued, pushing him further towards his goal, towards Africa where his fate awaits him.