自信慈爱的父亲（杰克·奥康奈尔）是家庭的领袖。一家人离家，似乎是去度假。 然而，真相渐渐暴露出来。他们离开荫凉安全的郊区，穿过欧洲，进入了交战区的腹地。 在旅途中，父亲的鼓动和安抚越来越苍白无力。不堪承受压力，父亲变得怯懦。母亲（霍利迪 . 格兰杰）成了一家人的主心骨。

"A family,led by their confident and caring father (Jack O'Connell), heads out on what appears to be a holiday. However it slowly becomes clear that they are in fact leaving the security and safety of a leafy suburb to cross Europe and make their way into the middle of a war zone. As they travel the father's re-assurances ring hollow as under great stress the father buckles and the mother's (Holliday Grainger) strength takes over."