故事发生在第二次世界大战期间,为了躲避战火,坚强的母亲塞西拉(索菲娅·罗兰 Sophia Loren 饰)带着13岁的女儿罗塞塔(艾伦诺拉·布朗 Eleonora Brown 饰)离开了他们的故乡罗马,暂时来到地处偏远的小镇西赛罗定居。在这里,塞西拉结识了准备成为医生的小伙子米凯尔(让-保罗·贝尔蒙多 Jean Paul Belmondo 饰)。
米凯尔是一个生性浪漫的男人,热爱文学,他教罗塞塔识字读诗,久而久之,罗塞塔爱上了他,可是很显然,米凯尔的目光始终锁定在塞西拉的身上。为了帮助塞西拉搞到食物填饱肚子,米凯尔来到了父亲的朋友家,哪知道在那里遇见了一个德国军官,德国军官强烈谴责米凯尔不上战场的行为,并且打算强行把他带走。
荒凉的澳大利亚原野,一条笔直漫长的空旷公路,一对关系疏离的父子在路上。父亲凯文(雨果·维文 Hugo Weaving饰),一位暴戾而又邋遢的中年男人带着他十岁大的儿子楚克(汤姆·拉塞尔 Tom Russell饰)踏上了这条亡命之旅。为了逃避一起犯罪事件,凯文铤而走险地选择了负罪潜逃。置身澳大利亚寂寥荒芜的沙漠与荒原,两父子不仅要为了生存而与一切未知因素进行抗衡和斗争,更要面对时而紧密时而对立的父子关系。面临着生死攸关的两难抉择,他们正走向未知的明天。
由葛兰迪·伊文执导的影片《最后的旅程》改编自澳洲文学大奖小说。
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