Toss lives on a sheep farm with her father in New Zealand. When Toss's father dies in an accident, Ethan, an itinerant hunter, wanders onto the family farm and is given a job by her grandfather. Toss's fairly innocent relationship with Ethan is severed when he forms a relationship with her mother.

温森特·沃德编制的一部文献片，揭示一位名叫普茜的毛利妇女的故事。他曾在1978年早期制作的电影《独自在春天里默默耕耘》中拍摄过这位新西兰北岛图霍伊部落的妇女。 “人们说她在阴阳两界中游走”。 《孩子雨》这部电影被描述为是最具温森特·沃德个人特点的电影。 他在电影中自己做旁白并演出，普茜的年轻后代亲属与新西兰的一些最著名的演员参加表演，把普茜的故事栩栩如生地娓娓道来，非常令人感动。

新西兰1868年。年轻的爱尔兰移民女子与毛利酋长之子成为竹马爱人。酋长之子年轻夭折，女子已有其骨血在身……

Men seeking relief from the Black Death, guided by a boy's vision, dig a tunnel from 14th century England to 20th century New Zealand.

In an Arctic village in 1931, British mapmaker Walter Russell selects 12-year-old Eskimo Avik as his guide. When the boy contracts tuberculosis, Walter flies him to a Montreal hospital, where Avik meets Albertine and is infatuated. A decade later, a grown Avik encounters Albertine again in London, where he's serving as a British combat pilot. Despite her relationship with Walter, she and Avik begin an affair.

1998 film by Vincent Ward