他（哈维尔·巴登 Javier Bardem 饰）是一名作家，却遭遇了职业瓶颈期，一个字都写不出来。她（詹妮弗·劳伦斯 Jennifer Lawrence 饰）是一名主妇，每天忙于将两人的安乐窝修缮一新。一天，一个男人（艾德·哈里斯 Ed Harris 饰）敲响家门，这个男人是作家的超级粉丝，接着，男人的妻子（米歇尔·菲佛 Michelle Pfeiffer 饰）也登门拜访，这两人在家中随意穿梭肆意的打听着男女主人的隐私，这让她感到十分不快。 尽管她三番五次的想要将这对粗鲁的夫妇请出门外，可他却对两人的拜访展现出了由衷的热情。之后，男人和女人的两个儿子也闯入家中，一场争执最终演变成为了流血事件。崩溃的她此时并不知道，这一流血事件仅仅只是失控和崩坏的开始。Amidst a wild flat meadow encircled by an Edenic lush forest, a couple have cocooned themselves in a secluded grand mansion that was not so long ago burned to the ground, devotedly restored by the supportive wife. Within this safe environment, the once famous middle-aged poet husband is desirous of creating his magnum opus; however, he seems unable to break out of the persistent creative rut that haunts him. Then, unexpectedly, a knock at the door, the sudden arrival of a cryptic late-night visitor and his intrusive wife will stimulate the writer's stagnant imagination. Little by little, much to the perplexed wife's surprise, the more chaos he lets in their haven, the better for his punctured male ego. In the end, will this incremental mess blemish, irreparably, the couple's inviolable sanctuary?
