影片改编自丹尼斯·约翰逊的中篇小说。讲述在20世纪初瞬息万变的美国,伐木工兼铁路工人罗伯特·格雷尼尔致力于修建横跨美国的铁路,经历了有着意想不到的深度、美丽和奇异的生活。
A rookie drag queen, reeling from a break-up, escapes to the country, where he finds his grandmother in steep decline yet desperate to avoid the local nursing home.