1500年,大将军托马斯(休·杰克曼 Hugh Jackman 饰)奉皇后伊莎贝拉(蕾切尔·薇兹 Rachel Weisz 饰)之命前往新大陆寻找创传说中的“生命之树”。只要饮下一滴树的汁液,便会获得永生。一路历尽千辛万苦,终于到达了一座辉煌的隐蔽之地,看到了永生难忘的奇异景象。 2000年,脑癌专家汤米(休·杰克曼 Hugh Jackman 饰)急切为患脑癌的妻子丽兹(蕾切尔·薇兹 Rachel Weisz 饰)寻找良药。研究小组从南美洲丛林里带回了一株奇异的树种标本,在提炼药物用于黑猩猩实验时奇迹般地产生了效果。 2500年汤姆•乘坐着用思想控制的透明圆球飞船中,穿梭于太空宇宙。辽阔的星际间,身边却只有那棵已快死亡的古树,他无时无刻不回想着关于丽兹的记忆。 千年的奔涌时空里,苦苦寻觅的一直是生命的真谛……Three stories - one each from the past, present, and future - about men in pursuit of eternity with their love. A conquistador in Mayan country searches for the tree of life to free his captive queen; a medical researcher, working with various trees, looks for a cure that will save his dying wife; a space traveler, traveling with an aged tree encapsulated within a bubble, moves toward a dying star that's wrapped in a nebula; he seeks eternity with his love. The stories intersect and parallel; the quests fail and succeed.