一个受过良好教育的心理医生（Eckhart）留下的学术生涯工作在一个机构，他的父亲（Nolte），小说家，住在以前写的一个著名的儿童书。适应他的位置，他遇到了一个精神分裂症（麦凯伦）帮助他发现书中的秘密，他在故事的地方。

  A well-educated psychiatrist (Eckhart) leaves an academic career to work at an institution where his father (Nolte), a novelist, lived before writing a renowned children's book. Acclimating to his position, he encounters a schizophrenic (McKellen) who helps him to discover the book's secrets and his place in the story.