Adolfo (55), a famous short story writer, decides to write his first novel and gives his daughter Dalia (6) the gift of creating a character for the story. She chooses a goat, like her stuffed animal. After the death of her father, Dalia (12) is kidnapped by the characters of the story. Through a portal, they make her a character of the novel “The Red Book”. While struggling to find a way out with the help of Goat, Dalia must face the other characters, who will do anything to become the main characters of the book. She is the only one capable of writing the final chapter, though she doesn’t feel confident enough.
Dalia has only 12 hours, a blank page, and a pen to complete the story. The adventure within the book leads her to discover who her father’s friends and enemies were. She writes the ending and discovers whether she wants to follow in her father's footsteps as a writer or not.
杰克(加布里埃尔·伯恩 Gabriel Byrne 饰)是一名漫画家,却因为行差踏错而被关进了监狱。在铁窗后,杰克依靠着画漫画来派遣内心的痛苦,他创作了名为《冷酷世界》的连环画,并且在连环画里设置了一个名为霍利(金·贝辛格 Kim Basinger 饰)的反派女性角色。哪知道故事里的霍利竟然利用杰克来到了现实世界,而漫画里的另一个人物侦探弗兰克(布拉德·皮特 Brad Pitt 饰)则警告杰克一定不能受到霍利的诱惑爱上她,否则,现实和漫画这两个世界都将毁灭。