大象的眼泪

故事始于一位90多岁的老人对自己在经济大萧条时期生活的追忆开始。23岁雅各衣（罗伯特·帕丁森 Robert Pattinson 饰）因为父母双亡，无力支付学费，被迫从名校肄业出逃。机缘巧合， 他在一个二流马戏团承担起了打杂和照顾动物的工作。马戏团的法宝是一只叫萝西的大象，这是一头非常有灵性的动物。可惜残暴的马戏总监奥古斯特（克里斯托弗·沃尔兹 Christoph Waltz 饰）从不知道爱惜动物。反倒他的妻子玛莲娜（瑞茜·威瑟斯彭 Reese Witherspoon 饰）充满母性地爱着马戏团的动物。因此，雅各衣在今后的日子里渐渐爱上了美丽的女人。在他们决定私奔之际被奥古斯特发现，却是萝西的惊人之举成全了他们的爱情。萝西的举动也成为了雅各保守了七十年的秘密。这个秘密到底是什么呢？After his parents' death, Jacob Jankowski is left penniless and homeless. Events lead him to joining the circus as their vet, working under their unstable boss August whose violent tendencies give everyone reason to be cautious around him, including his beautiful and quiet wife Marlena, whom August is very possessive of and who Jacob finds himself soon falling in love with.