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Inman (Jude Law) 問賣花生的瞎眼老人，願意用什麽交換十分鐘的光明。Inman is seen in a hospital, the conditions are horrid and the smell of death hangs heavy. Inman is visited by a gentile woman who reads him his mail and asks about Ada. He begins to feel sorrow for her as she tells of her father's death and the struggles she faces. He decides to desert to join her and help escape the war and get back to a life he hopes he may have with Ada. This is difficult as he recovering from his injury and the fear of being caught means imprisonment and possible death for desertion. He escapes anyway.
老人說，什麽都不會用作交換，因為最終還是會失去。
Inman 説，有一個女孩(Ada)，即使只能與她相會十分鐘，他願意付上所有代價。
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（ http://www.themoviespoiler.com/Spoilers/coldmountain.html）
於是，正義的Inman為了美麗的Ada Monroe (Nicole Kidman) 展開了旅程......
但，就正如影片內種種伏線：
Inman 只要能再會Ada ，哪怕只是短短的十分鐘，也可以用自己的所有交換。
Ada 用鏡子看井水，看到Inman 在雪地向她走來，身旁是到處飛舞的烏鴉，走著走著，倒下。
Ada 的父親説，Ada 的母親在和他結婚後的22個月後就死了，但那些光陰足以回味一輩子。
Inman 與Ada 最後重聚了，又再分別了，永遠地。
Song from the film: You Will Be My Ain True Love
You'll walk unscathed through musket fire,
No ploughman's blade will cut thee down,
No cutler's horn will mark thy face
And you will be my ain true love,
And you will be my ain true love
And as you walk through death's dark veil,
The cannon's thunder can't prevail,
And those who hunt thee down will fail,
And you will be my ain true love,
And you will be my ain true love.
Asleep inside the cannon's mouth,
The captain cries, "Here comes the rout,"
They'll seek to find me north and south,
I've gone to find my ain true love.
The field is cut and bleeds to red.
The cannon balls fly round my head,
The infirmary man may count me dead,
When I've gone to find my ain true love,
I've gone to find my ain true love.
You'll walk unscathed through musket fire,
No ploughman's blade will cut thee down,
No cutler's horn will mark thy face
And you will be my ain true love,
And you will be my ain true love
And as you walk through death's dark veil,
The cannon's thunder can't prevail,
And those who hunt thee down will fail,
And you will be my ain true love,
And you will be my ain true love.
Asleep inside the cannon's mouth,
The captain cries, "Here comes the rout,"
They'll seek to find me north and south,
I've gone to find my ain true love.
The field is cut and bleeds to red.
The cannon balls fly round my head,
The infirmary man may count me dead,
When I've gone to find my ain true love,
I've gone to find my ain true love.
