811 AD, a family, isolated in their home, deep in the woods a few days travel from Birka. They are poor. The hunting and fishing has been bad for some time, and the father, Joar, takes the desperate measure of going on a Viking raid. Joar does not return for a long time, and the family starts to fear he never will. Runa, the oldest daughter, takes over her fathers chores in his absence. She misses him dearly and nourishes a tender hope that he, once again, will return to them. But in her heart, somehow she knows, that the suffering of the family has just begun. There is something in the air, something in the water, the wind and in the soil. Runa is becoming aware of something vile, something dangerous out in the forest. One day when she is out hunting, she finds a bleeding man, a warrior, almost unconscious. She brings him inside and the family tend to his wounds. As he heals, she realizes he is sent to protect the family from an approaching evil. And he brings news of her father.
平凡的一天，名叫扎克利和伊森的小男孩在某公园内发生争执，前者用棍子将后者的嘴打破。这起不大不小的儿童纠纷，将两对本没有任何交集的夫妇拉到了一起。经营小百货商店的麦克·朗斯特里特（约翰·C·赖利 John C Reilly 饰）与身为作家的潘妮洛普（朱迪·福斯特 Jodie Foster 饰）是伊森的父母，他们在家中迎来扎克利的父母——律师艾伦·考温（克里斯托弗·沃尔兹 Christoph Waltz 饰）以及投资经纪人南希（凯特·温斯莱特 KateWinslet 饰）——的拜访。他们就孩子的伤害事件协商、
简介：811 AD, a family, isolated in their home, deep in the woods a few days travel from Birka. They are poor. The hunting and fishing has been bad for some time, and the father, Joar, takes the desperate measure of going on a Viking raid. Joar does not return for a long time, and the family starts to fear he never will. Runa, the oldest daughter, takes over her fathers chores in his absence. She misses him dearly and nourishes a tender hope that he, once again, will return to them. But in her heart, somehow she knows, that the suffering of the family has just begun. There is something in the air, something in the water, the wind and in the soil. Runa is becoming aware of something vile, something dangerous out in the forest. One day when she is out hunting, she finds a bleeding man, a warrior, almost unconscious. She brings him inside and the family tend to his wounds. As he heals, she realizes he is sent to protect the family from an approaching evil. And he brings news of her father.
