In small czech town named Jilemnice live unfortunate, but brave and jovial woman Štěpa Kiliánová, whose only desire was to fill the void in her virgin life. In despair and excessive trust, she married a sardonic, reclusive man, former lieutenant and gambler Pavel Malina, whose only wish was finally found peace and forgetting the past. They lived through unrequited love, dislike and disappointment. But no one knew that her groom begin to show signs of cerebral disease, which in the coming years engulf his sanity.。新纳粹光头党亚当(Ulrich Thomsen 饰)被送往一个偏远的教堂做社会服务,在这里他遇到各色奇怪之人。不过对他来说,最难缠的莫过于虔诚古板的神父伊万(Mads Mikkelsen 马兹•米克尔森 饰)了。桀骜不驯的亚当在伊万面前完全没有办法,作为服务的一部分,亚当选择浇灌苹果树,并与神父约定用秋天收获的果实做苹果派。但是各类天灾人祸不断威胁着苹果的生长,伊万相信这是魔鬼所为,亚当则认为这纯粹是上帝的恶作剧……
本片荣获2005年欧洲电影奖提名最佳剧本;2006年丹麦影评人奖提名最佳影片、最佳男配角。马兹•米克尔森凭借神父角色赢得祖鲁奖最佳男演员奖。。