当山姆恢复意识时，在一个拥挤的地铁里，他不知道他是如何到达那里，他来自哪里， 也不知道自己的名字。他疯狂的寻找他的身份，慢慢地他意识到他的生活很危险。

树林间可闻鸟叫虫鸣，空气中却只剩燥热黏腻。被荷兰人统治的印度尼西亚糖厂，年迈领主与发妻阿嘉特在这个化外之地坐拥万贯家财，使唤当地佣仆却拖欠农工薪资。一夜，老领主与女管家西蒂快活春宵后不明猝死，阿嘉特竟与西蒂一起藏起尸体。眼看权力即将真空，领主独子偕妻远渡重洋而来，工人蠢蠢欲动，西蒂带着领主私生子准备逃亡，一纸遗嘱，扰乱众人计划，也让贪婪无所遁形。

　　Jules Claus hates Christmas! After his father died last year, he no longer wants anything to do with the ‘most wonderful time of the year’. While his mother is working, Jules is spending a lot of time in his grandfather’s toy shop.　　One day he finds a magic snow globe, which brings him to the farthest corners of the world in a magical way. He discovers something very odd: His grandfather is the only real Santa Claus! The tradition has been in the family for years and now that his father is no longer there, grandfather has once again taken on this job.　　When grandfather breaks his leg, Jules decides to help him. But before he is able to bring on the Christmas feeling, he first has to learn to love the world’s most wonderful feast again.

萝丝是一名年轻美貌的医生，和儿子大卫住在一幢海边的公寓里，因为她和丈夫波·杰克分居。某日，她儿子的保姆突遭人杀害，警方经调查后认为住在同一公寓的男子柯·艾利极为可疑，因为艾利之妻年前才不明不白地死亡，但萝丝却认为艾利是无辜的，经由此一事件后发现彼此吸引着对方，关系逐渐亲密起来......