故事发生在1942年的新加坡,宁静的夜晚,一场洋溢着欢快气氛的舞会正在进行之中。此时,一枚炮弹彻底打破了此地的平静,日军龇着獠牙亮着利爪,踏上了这片和平的土地。在军方的安排之下,驻扎在此地的澳大利亚和英国军队家属登上了回国的船只,哪知道这艘船驶向的目的地竟是地狱。
日军袭击了这条搭载着妇女和儿童的船只,将他们关进了集中营内。这里的日子苦不堪言,所有人不约而同陷入了绝望之中。闭塞的环境,短缺的物资,濒临崩溃的精神,导致集中营中暴力事件频发,无辜的人们一个接着一个死去。在这个节骨眼上,一位名为艾德里亚(格伦·克洛斯 Glenn Close 饰)的女子挺身而出,组织了一支合唱团,歌声成为了她们活下去的唯一动力。
Three sisters aged between seven and 15, who live alone as their mother vanishes for whole swathes of time, and when social services demand a family meeting, the eldest sister, Laura, plans to find a stand-in for their mother.
Festivities take a back seat as DI Parker investigates the murder of a podcaster. She had been probing the disappearance of a child and claimed to have found new evidence. The missing child has haunted Commissioner Patterson for years.