爱德华·威尔森(马特·达蒙Matt Damon 饰)因童年的悲剧在心底根植入荣誉的情愫。1939年，正在耶鲁大学就读的他被秘密社团“骷髅会”看中，将他招募为会员，随即他又加入了二战期间的战略情报局。威尔森成为了情报局的核心成员和创建者。然而，长期的尔虞我诈让他多疑的天性与日俱增，在冷战的进程中，威尔森青年时期的最初理想已经被消磨的面目全非。而职业惯性已经把威尔森推离了正常的生活轨道，他与妻子玛格丽特(安吉丽娜·朱莉Angelina Jolie 饰)之间的矛盾日益加深，两人的婚姻名存实亡。为了国家，威尔森不但牺牲了个人理想，连家庭和亲情也因他的蜕变而陷入绝境...... ©豆瓣

Cuba, 1961: 250,000 volunteers taught 700,000 people to read and write in one year. 100,000 of the teachers were under 18 years old. Over half were women. MAESTRA explores this story through the personal testimonies of the young women who went out to teach literacy in rural communities across the island - and found themselves deeply transformed in the process.