In 1949, the Pacific War was over. Freddy Jacqui (Joaquin Phoenix), who was troubled by the boring life in the army, finally returned to the United States. However, the psychiatric treatment before returning home did not give him any practical help. Freddy fell into a trance and boring life experience. The following year, after a series of work failures, Freddy met the complicated "master" Custer (Philip Seymour Hoffman) on a passenger ship after getting drunk. Custer's psychiatric treatment based on the theory of time aroused Freddy's interest. Under Custer's "seduction", Freddy tried to open his heart and seek solutions to his own problems. He got closer and closer to Custer's loose "Fate Cult" organization, cheering for it and cracking down on dissidents. During the "treatment" process, Freddy's relationship with Custer was on and off, becoming more and more complicated...