不是费里尼的荒诞遐想,亦非芭比的粉红国度;这个女儿国,是孟加拉国思想家萝琪雅侯赛因在二十世纪之初于《苏丹娜之梦》一书想像的女性主义乌托邦:男人构成威胁,就把他们留在家中,让女人可在外自由发展。古书令导演伊莎贝夏基拉心向往之,化身笔下东来印度的西班牙少女,一趟神游梦幻国度之旅,探索女性社会地位、两性关系角力,以及由古至今男女不平等问题。墨染、水彩糅合传统曼海蒂彩绘图案,以魔幻写实的感性笔触,绘出女性独立自主的空间。。The film tells the story of three people for a year: a son (Magimel) diagnosed with cancer, a mother (Deneuve) suffering from helplessness and a doctor (Cécile de France) to do her job: One year and four seasons for these three characters to deal with the disease, to tame it, and to understand what it means to die while alive.。