民国初年,在中国的北方,偏安一隅的徐家村,人们和往常一样,日子平淡无奇,无聊的人聚在一起赌博,清晨徐镜楼被一个梦惊醒,而在梦中他预见了一次死亡,本以为只是一个梦,却没想到梦也会变成现实,接着村子里接连发生稀奇古怪的事情,好奇心驱使着徐镜楼去追寻真相,而当一步步揭开真相的时候,展现在他面前的是一个颠覆了他十几年来所有认知的世界,一个个奇怪的门派,异术,在他眼前展开,将它带进一个自己从未想过的世界,本来普普通通的邻里乡亲,一个耳光身怀异术,而且争斗起来不死不休……
吉姆·哈弗金斯(Toby Regbo 饰)与母亲(Shirley Henderson 饰)在乡下经营一家小旅。某天,旅馆接收一名惶恐嗜酒的海盗水手比利(David Harewood 饰),他曾是臭名昭著的海盗头子福林特船长(Donald Sutherland 饰)的手下。福林特凶残贪婪,手中握有一份藏宝图的地图。在他死之后,最为忠诚的比利似乎掌握了地图,而他也成为所有海盗急于找到的目标。吉姆从死去的比利身上找到藏宝图,借着和当地的伙伴乘船前往那个堆满了无数宝贝的金银岛。与此同时,邪恶的海盗乔装打扮登上他们的船,随时准备攫取令人垂涎欲滴的宝藏……
Gray-haired furniture retailer Paul Winkelmann still has his dinner cooked and his laundry done by his mother. He spends his evenings playing Scrabble with Mama's friends and discussing the role of women in society in his carnival club. When he meets psychologist Margarete Tietze, "Pussi" finally begins to rebel against his dominant mother.