影片根据美国女作家Janet Lee Carey的小说《Wenny Has Wings》(日译本名为《还记得那片天空》)改编,故事情节很简单:一个幸福的四口之家由于小女儿不幸丧生而陷入悲痛的深渊,最后一家人相互支撑相互鼓励,承受住了生活的残酷打击。因为情节没有什么枝蔓、人物关系也不复杂,本片的主题显得相当明确——那就是温暖的亲情。这部亲情片刻画了一个家庭劫后重生的成长史。与众不同的是,本片的核心人物既不是一家之主的父亲也不是掌管家计的母亲,而是年仅11岁的深泽家的长子。在失去女儿后,父亲因自责而消沉,母亲以泪洗面,是这个孩子的默默努力让家庭恢复了生气,让亲人重拾笑容。影片告诉我们,孩子并没有所父母想象的那样脆弱,而父母也并非孩子所想象的那样坚强,孩子的坚强能让父母克服脆弱、变得更加坚强起来,家庭羁绊是最可贵的力量之泉。
A happy family‘s world is turned upside-down when an accident injures their son Eiji severely and kills their daughter. Eiji is left with survivor guilt and his parents don‘t quite know how to deal with the tragedy and move on as a normal family again. Meanwhile, Eiji can‘t find a way to tell his parents about the near death experience he had in the moments following the accident and is forced to deal with it in his own way.