在一个荒无人烟的小岛上，不善于和人沟通的汉克（保罗·达诺 Paul Dano 饰）对人生早已绝望，于是他决定亲手了结自己的性命。就在关键时刻，一具尸体漂到沙滩上。该尸体（丹尼尔·雷德克里夫 Daniel Radcliffe 饰）臭屁连天，虽然苍白浮肿，却似乎有生命一般。汉克大喜过望，为这个不同寻常的朋友其名曼尼。更令他兴奋不已的是，曼尼就好像一把多功能的瑞士军刀，帮他解决了诸如生火、砍树、饮水等诸多现实问题。曼尼的出现为汉克打开新世界的大门，死神似乎就此遁去。失败者汉克拥抱着属于他的奇幻的世界。

　　Summer 1985. As with every year, Rodri (Adrián Baena) leaves Catalonia and returns to his parents' Galician town to reunite with his gang. However, this year will be different for him and his friends. The real world problems begin appearing in their lives, threatening to drift the group apart. Clinging onto the friendship that joins them, the five friends plan to run away on Saint John's Eve night to search for a magical flower that, as per legend, grows up high a mountain and can make wishes come true. Becasue right now, their only wish is to solve their distressed friend's issue and, thus, remain together. An adventure that will make them grow through a fascinating tale full of action, emotion and hope, and that will permanently leave in their memories that summer where the song "Live is Life" by Opus played in the background.

　　

本片拍摄于1953年，根据马克·吐温的小说《一张百万英镑的钞票》改编。\r富豪之家的两兄弟，从银行取出面额为一百万英镑的钞票，想以此验证一个穷人拿到这张巨额钞票的结局。哥哥认为这张钞票对一个穷人毫无价值，最终他还是会穷困潦倒；而弟弟则认为他会因为这张钞票摆脱困境过上富足的生活。为了证明各自的理论的正确的，兄弟两人为此打起了赌。他们将这张钞票留给穷困潦倒的美国小伙子亨利·亚当斯（格利高里·派克GregoryPeck饰）后出国旅行了，留下对未来一片迷茫的亨利。\r人们对这位突然暴富的罕见富翁，竟拼命地拉拢他，从免费吃饭，买衣服，到免费住宿，一个个像乞丐一样讨好他，并不断提高他的社会地位。不仅如此，这位幸运的小伙子还取到了一位好妻子和三万英镑的银行利息，从此以后过着非常幸福的生活。