Keira Knightley and Michael Pitt star in this love story based on the novel by Alessandro Baricco. The film tells the story of a married French smuggler whose perilous and solitary travels lead him to the strange and captivating new world of the west to collect his materials. While there, he is unexpectedly tempted by the beauty of another woman, and his heart quickly becomes torn between the ideals and comfort of his devoted wife at home and the mystery and beauty of a new love halfway around the world.