故事发生在丹麦一个宗教氛围极浓的村子里，农夫波根有三个儿子，大儿子对宗教持怀疑态度，性情叛逆；小儿子居然与不同信仰的女孩谈恋爱，而影片的主角、三兄弟中的老二相信自己就是耶稣，被大家当成疯子，因为本来读神学的他在经历未婚妻离世后打击太大而成疯癫；但有一天老二开始“显灵”，让死人复活，自己的神智也开始恢复。

A close-knit family is disrupted when the father fails to resurface during a professional dive. No funeral, no goodbye, just a house full of memories. Burdened by the elusive loss, Merel evades her husband's death and everything related to it. Her young children become entangled in their search for answers, eventually bringing the family to a hard stand. Merel has no choice but...