路易·德拉克斯是一个问题小孩：聪明，少年老成，满嘴谎言，而且还总是会发生一些危险、让人难安的意外事故。9岁的他已经发生了八次意外：第一次，出生时母亲难产；第二次，患上婴儿猝死综合症；第三次，突发痉挛，9分半钟没有呼吸；第四次，掉进里昂地铁的铁轨中，全身85%被电击…第九次，不幸坠崖，但在医生宣布其死亡两个小时后，他又奇迹般地活了下来，但是他的家庭也因此支离破碎。The story begins on Louis Drax's 9th birthday, when a lifetime of curious mishaps culminates in the boy's near-fatal fall. Desperate to reveal the strange circumstances behind the young boy's accident and dark coincidences that have plagued his entire life, Dr. Allan Pascal (Dornan) is drawn into a thrilling mystery that explores the nature of the sixth sense, testing the boundaries of fantasy and reality.