Peiton Flanders pasirodė esanti tobula auklė, bet slapta ji siekia sugriauti šeimos, kuriai turėjo padėti, gyvenimą. Prieš tapdama aukle Peiton persileido dėl streso, patirto po vyro daktaro Viktoro Moto mirties, ir dėl to kaltino Klerę. Klerė anksčiau nebuvo sutikusi Peiton, todėl nieko neįtaria.
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
The inhabitants of an institution in a remote country rebel against their keepers. Their acts of rebellion are by turns humorous, boring and alarming. An allegory on the problematic nature of fully liberating the human spirit, as both commendable and disturbing elements of our nature come forward. The film shows how justifiable revolt may be empowering, but may also turn to chaos and depravity. The allegory is developed in part by the fact that the film is cast entirely with dwarfs
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.