Bipedalism, or 'two-footed walking', is the story of a painter who grew up in an orphanage and only years later learns the circumstances of his father's disappearance and death. Childhood memories bring the main character back to the past: he buys a house in the suburbs that used to belong to his family. In the basement, he finds his father's archives and scientific research documents on the hybridization of human race with related biological species. Studying the archive material, he unexpectedly finds evidence of efforts to renew the experiments on the remaining hybrid population. The painter then becomes a researcher, and consequently a victim. The basic idea of his father's research was to change, control and influence the process of human evolution - initially connected with eugenics theories of the period before World War II, and now being placed in a context of modern 'biotechnological' expectations by his former colleagues. The main character tries to recreate and realize his father's heritage, who was forced to cooperate with state terror organizations, using the results of his secret research. In a tragic manner, this information turns into the main character's reality, at first forcing him to reappraise his father's values and later driving him to madness.
佐伊(蕾切尔·比尔森 Rachel Bilson 饰)刚刚以优异的成绩从医学院毕业,之后,她受人之邀来到了位于阿拉巴马州的小镇诊所。到达之后,佐伊才发现,邀请人已经过世,如今,她必须和一个名叫布瑞克(提姆·麦锡森 Tim Matheson 饰)的古怪医生共同分享这间小小的诊所,而在布瑞克的眼中,佐伊无疑是一位不速之客。
除了布瑞克的敌意外,邀请人的女儿莱蒙(杰米·金 Jaime King 饰)的态度亦不算友好,然而,莱蒙的未婚夫乔治(斯科特·波特 Scott Porter 饰)却对佐伊展现了极为友善和热情的一面,这让佐伊的处境更加糟糕。佐伊能够在人生地不熟的阿拉巴马州寻得自己的立足之地吗?
When Pastor James Lewis, Jr. struggles with the weight of his congregation and the death of his only son, he is forced to question his faith as he searches for meaning in a time of suffering.
瑞贝卡(伊娃·格林 Eva Green 饰)回到了童年生活过的临海小镇,在那里,住着一个她无论如何也要见到的人——儿时玩伴托马斯(马特·史密斯 Matt Smith 饰)。曾经的懵懂少年如今已经成长为男人,两人之间迅速的产生了奇妙的化学反应。没过多久,一场车祸夺走了托马斯的生命,悲痛欲绝的瑞贝卡做出了一个危险的决定——利用当代先进的基因克隆技术,复制托马斯的基因。十个月之后,一个名叫托马斯的婴儿呱呱坠地,作为生下他的母亲,瑞贝卡的心情十分复杂。
在托马斯的眼中,母亲是一个即神秘又极具魅力的女人,在她惊人的美貌里,隐藏着的是深深的哀愁和绝望,而她望向自己的眼神,也似乎包含了千言万语。纸终究包不住火,随着托马斯的渐渐长大,那个不能说的秘密也在逐渐的显影,待到真相被揭露的那一天,这两个痛苦的人该何去何从?