Isaac, and his wife, Tania, are heading to the countryside to help Isaac's estranged father Abe do some projects around the house as an opportunity to try to patch things up.
Walter(理查·詹金斯 Richard Jenkins 饰)的生活一成不变,20多年来教同一门课程,与别人一起合著自己没有出过半分力的书,请私人教师学钢琴又难以与人相处。生活沉闷如一潭死水。直到与他合著出书的shelly待产而无法前去参加学术年会换成Walter出席,他的生命才赢来转变。 由于妻子去世而极少去纽约的Walter一回到纽约的家赫然发现…
Adam's and Eve's epic journey throughout history trying to find the meaning of human life. Do we grow in wisdom as centuries pass, or just drift towards an inevitable doom?