Bob and Greta De Jaegher are happily married for 40 years. They can look back on a rich and fulfilled life. Their 2 sons Steve and Carl have a successful life as well. Steve is a talented and recognized film-director and Carl is a promising cook. Steve's wife Billie wrote a bestseller about happiness and wants to start a family with her husband. Brother-in-law Rik, who works at the zoo, tries to pick up his life with his kids, after his wife died two years ago. To mark their 40th wedding anniversary, Bob and Greta organize a family weekend. They want to announce something very important. Their new plans are a sure hit for the family De Jaegher, but that's not the only thing - Wat had to be a cheerful gathering of the family, turns out to be something nobody expected.

　　大胡子莫里斯（蒂莫西•斯波 Timothy Spall  ....Maurice Purley 饰）是一个出色的摄影师。他的妻子莫妮卡劝他为当清洁工的侄女罗克珊举办一个派对，庆祝她的21岁的生日，因为罗克珊的母亲辛西娅（布伦达•布莱西恩 Brenda Blethyn 饰）手头没什么钱。所以，弟弟莫里斯愿意为姐姐出点力。
　　在筹备生日宴会的过程中，辛西娅突然接到了一个神秘的黑人女子霍顿斯（玛丽安•吉恩•巴普迪斯特 Marianne Jean-Baptiste  饰）的电话，经过攀谈，她得知霍顿斯是生活在伦敦的黑人配镜师，并且母亲刚刚去世。两人见面后，霍顿斯跟辛西娅讲述自己的身世，这个隐私直接影响到了罗克珊的生日派对……
　　本片获得第49届戛纳电影节最佳影片金棕榈大奖，布伦达•布莱西恩获最佳女演员奖。

　　玛利亚（达科塔·布鲁·理查兹 Dakota Blue Richards 饰）的父亲身负重债，逝世后只留给了她一本厚厚的古书《月亮坪的历史》，里面记载着月亮公主与白马的童话。十三岁的玛利亚变成了孤儿，来到月亮坪庄园投靠叔叔本杰明（艾恩·格拉法德 Ioan Gruffudd 饰）。然而入住古堡不久，玛利亚就发现怪事接踵而至：她的东西总是被到处乱放，屋里的钢琴会自动演奏，夜里甚至有一匹白马的影子在屋外晃荡……然而对于这些疑问叔叔却只字不肯透露，玛利亚只好偷偷翻阅那本被叔叔藏起来了的古书，终于得知了月亮坪上一段久远的神秘往事与仇怨，原来整个山谷已被月亮公主的诅咒笼罩百年，唯有等待一位拥有纯真心灵的解咒人出现……
　　本片改编自英国儿童文学作家伊丽莎白·古吉的经典小说《古堡里的月亮公主》。

　　两位孤苦无依的孤儿、却有著不为人知的超能力、不料这个秘密被鲁莽的暴发户知道了，贪得无厌的他想借用他们的力量来完成他私人的欲望，勇敢的孤儿联合起来逃出他的魔掌……