
Colin Farrell Russell Crowe & Jessica Brown Findlay star in this romantic drama adapted from the 1983 novel by Mark Helprin Set in Manhattan in 1916 the film follows thief Peter Lake (Farrell) who meets Beverly Penn (Brown Findlay) a young woman he is about to rob Instead he begins to talk to her & they soon fall in love but he later discovers that she is terminally ill Meanwhile Peter is being pursued by his old boss ruthless gangster Pearly Soames (Crowe) to whom he owes a debt but he is saved by a white horse & finds himself transported into the future Suffering from amnesia Peter encounters Virginia Gamely (Jennifer Connelly) who helps him to recall his past & driven by his love for Beverly he tries to find a way to bring her back to life