Kang Yu-jin is a leading specialist in the biological field. While collecting butterflies, he finds a rare breed and brings it home. His wife Sun-hi is glad to have her husband for the night and the next day sees a strange wooden doll amongst her husband
本片根据纽约市的英籍神经医师奥利佛·萨克斯(Oliver Sacks)的同名回忆录改编。1969年,羞怯内向但对实验充满热忱的脑科医生马尔科姆·塞尔(罗宾·威廉姆斯 Robin Williams 饰)来到纽约市布朗克斯区一家医院,对院内的强直性昏厥证患者进行治疗。在护士埃莉诺(朱莉·卡夫娜 Julie Kavner 饰)的帮助和鼓励下,塞尔医生对病人大胆用药,使一群昏厥几十年的患者重获新生,尤其对患者伦纳德·洛(罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro)效果尤为明显。但令人意外的是,患者们在苏醒后不久