1955年,还是青春年少的西尔维娅·普拉斯(格温妮丝·帕特洛 Gwyneth Paltrow 饰)在剑桥邂逅了特德·休斯(丹尼尔·克雷格 Daniel Craig 饰),诗歌成为两人相识相爱的桥梁,他们相见恨晚,相谈甚欢,爱情之花在彼此的心中肆意绽放。在相识的第二年,西尔维娅和特德走入婚姻的殿堂。特德才华横溢,他逐渐成为诗坛一颗耀眼的明星,更吸引无数女子为他疯狂痴迷;西尔维娅的才情始终得不到认可,与此同时她又不得不在诗歌、家庭两边奔走忙碌,丈夫的花心更令她几近崩溃。爱情之花渐渐枯萎,他们的道路充满悲剧和不祥的气息…… 本片荣获2005年澳大利亚摄影师协会优秀奖。In 1956, aspiring American poet Sylvia Plath meets fellow poet Edward Ted Hughes at Cambridge, where she is studying. Enthralled with the genius of his writing, Sylvia falls in love with him even before meeting him, and he quickly falls in love with her. They eventually marry. Sylvia quickly learns that others are also enthralled with her husband, for a combination of his good looks, charisma, fame and success. Sylvia lives in her husband's professional shadow as she tries to eke out her own writing career, which doesn't come as naturally to her as it does to Ted. She also suspects him of chronic infidelity. Both issues affect Sylvia's already fragile emotional state, she who once tried to commit suicide earlier in her life. Through her pain and her anger, she does gain minor success as a writer, with a completed semi-autobiographical novel and a few well received collection of poems. Following, she tries to regain some happiness in her life with Ted, but has an alternate plan if that does not work out as she wants.