Upon moving into her husband's childhood home to help take care of his elderly relatives, Jean Copeland, an emotionally withdrawn wife and mother of two, becomes embroiled in an affair with a suicidal lover. Her husband, Gordon, is oblivious, too busy worrying that he's losing his most prized possession, his mind, after a run-in with an ex-girlfriend he doesn't remember. 19-year-old, Priscilla, is a fashionista desperate to become a reality TV star, while 9-year-old crossword fanatic, Otis, has fallen in love for the very first time. Otis (played by Noah schanpp) falls in love with Caterina (played by Caroline Mills) after, well, forever. With Gordon's father, Theodore, fading into dementia, and 95-year old matriarch, Vivian, desperately clinging to control of the house, the six family members, at five stages of life, distill the dreams, worries, and regrets, of contemporary America.
女大学生凡伦黛(苏菲·玛索 Sophie Marceau 饰)正为了她的教师资格证而努力读书,某天,在滑雪场上,凡伦黛结识了充满了魅力的音乐家奈德(文森特·林顿 Vincent Lindon 饰),为了缓解考试带来的紧张和压力,凡伦黛和奈德之间发展出了一段露水情缘,两人非常有默契的达成了共识——只动性,不动情。没想到,一夜过后,凡伦黛竟然深深的迷恋上了奈德,奈德也暗暗被凡伦黛的魅力所折服。 分开后的两人无法常常见面,只能通过电话互诉衷肠,误会也油然而生。心高气傲的凡伦黛一气之下选择了离开奈德,奈德却无法放下对凡伦黛的爱意,阴差阳错之间,一对两情相悦的恋人眼看着就要擦肩而过。