影片开始的一段歌舞告诉你这是在印度.
后面没有印度传统风格的歌舞绝对是一个大的突破.
和白日梦想家的创意有点像，都是很宅的人出家门旅行的故事，白日梦想家经历的是一些很离谱的事，而rani只是逛了下夜店，买了一些漂亮衣服，住了下青年旅社，看似平常的事情，在一个封建的国度里其实已经很离谱了.
「The gap between who he was and who he wanted to be grew larger. And as his dreams turned to darklings. The sparkle faded from his eyes.」「Sometimes you have to pull back a piece of reality when it gets in the way.」「Once that toxin poisons you. You're capable of doing things you never thought you'd do. All in the name of survival. No matter where you hide, they sniff you out. And for those that didn't change, those that were left behind, those that didn't have the taste for blood. There was only one thing you could do. Run.」「There are things in this world we don't read about in storybooks. Wolves may lurk in any guise.」
影片由黑柳彻子的自传小说改编，讲述了作者黑柳彻子上小学时一段真实的故事，小豆豆因淘气被原学校退学后，来到巴学园.
在小林校长的爱护和引导下，一般人眼里“怪怪”的小豆豆逐渐成了一个大家都能接受的孩子.
