这是一部半自传性质的故事。儿童时代，弗兰奇就把父亲当作心目中的英雄。父亲的言行举止对他产生了很大影响。他目睹了父亲的不良行为，而母亲也因此离家出走，他幼小的心灵受到震撼，很小的年纪就染上了酒瘾。青年时期他又加入了暴力团伙，但爱情使他看到了希望。弗兰奇也因此面对着他人生最重要的抉择：是继续用酒精麻醉自己，还是勇敢面对过去，追求自己的梦想……

本片基于真实历史故事改编。1942年1月，日本战争机器的铁蹄席卷东南亚。在这里，有一个叫做新不列颠的岛屿上，有一座天主教传教站，这里的澳大利亚护士们克服种种困难的条件，悉心照顾手上的澳大利亚士兵。(文/life_is_good@YDY)
January, 1942. The Japanese war machine thunders across South East Asia. In its path,on the island of New Britain, lies a tiny Catholic mission station, Vunapope. Here a handful of Australian nurses take refuge with wounded Australian soldiers.
Sisters of War is inspired by the true story of two extraordinary Australian women, Lorna Whyte,(now Lorna Johnston) an army nurse and Sister Berenice Twohill, a Catholic nun from country New South Wales who was stationed at Vunapope. Although they were two very different women, their friendship would survive the perilous events that followed.Sisters of War is adapted from wartime diaries and interviews with Lorna, Sister Berenice and others who witnessed these events. The story of their captivity, their extraordinary courage and their will to prevail has never been told.

讲述了凯特·劳森（Kate Lawson）因涉嫌谋杀侄女而受审的故事，以及十二名陪审员如何将他们的个人生活和偏见带入法庭