在孩子死产几天后，罗宾的乳房开始分泌乳汁，她无法将乳汁扔掉，于是决定捐赠，但寻找捐赠场所比她预想的要困难得多，于是越来越多的乳汁开始挤满了她的冰箱和她的生活。
查尔斯·狄更斯（肯尼思·布拉纳 配）给儿子瓦尔特·狄更斯（罗曼·格里芬·戴维斯 配）讲述一个故事，这场最初作为睡前故事的讲述，最终变成了一段改变人生的旅程。通过生动的想象，瓦尔特与耶稣（奥斯卡·伊萨克 配）并肩行走，见证奇迹。
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...
