男丁被徵召入伍,戰火與疾病延燒各地,許多孩子被白喉症奪去性命,擾亂寧靜歐洲小鎮,人心動盪不安。 擁有超自然能力的九歲男孩莫里斯,因為能夠與死去的靈魂對話,而被這些嬰靈如影隨形的糾纏;加上母親瑪麗遲遲無法走出失去另外一個稚子傑克的悲慟,終日囚禁、虐待莫里斯,甚至強逼他與靈界對話,期望能喚回傑克,與此同時,小鎮上接連發生一樁樁離奇命案…A supernatural thriller about Maurice Dumont, a nine year-old who can connect with the dead. Propelled by grief over the death of Maurice's twin brother Jacques at birth, his mother Marie falls under the influence of Madame Armand, who convinces Marie to force her son to act as a medium to the next world. As Jacques asserts himself through Maurice, he comes to the realization that they both desire the same thing: their parents' love, only Jacques does not want to return to the living: he wants his parents to join him in the afterlife.