影片以18世纪末英国乡村生活为背景，讲述了一对姐妹花曲折的择偶经历。生于乡绅家庭的长姐埃莉诺（哈蒂·莫拉汉 Hattie Morahan 饰）沉稳理智，二姐玛丽安（查丽蒂·维克菲尔德 Charity Wakefield 饰）活泼浪漫，两人对爱情有着迥异的看法。父亲过世后，被狠心兄嫂赶出庄园的母女四人安顿在一座海边农舍，姐妹俩亦在这里迎来了数位追求者。　　内敛的埃莉诺默默倾心于长嫂的弟弟爱德华（...

　　A mother's dying warning fails to keep her estranged children away from the homestead. Siblings Hari and Eka return to find that their mother's reputation as a witch precedes her. Based on r...