The last thing Eddie Mills (Larry Clarke) wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad (Brian Dennehy). But the Catholic guilt gnaws at him, and he returns home to his crazy family, an overbearing step-mother (Leslie Ann Warren) , and his bear of a father. Once there, Eddie is confronted with a revelation that forces him to deal with the past he has always avoided....
1980年代的英格兰,爱德华(比尔·米尔纳 Bill Milner 饰)是一名十岁的男孩,爱德华的妈妈(安-玛莉·杜芙 Anne-Marie Duff 饰)努力经营家庭养老院,爸爸(大卫·莫瑞瑟 David Morrissey 饰)却正陷入一场中年危 机,与来帮忙的少女牵扯不清。生活在老人中间,爱德华很好奇当这些老人死后会发生什么,他用偷录老人离世时屋中噪音的方式来寻找死后生命的证据。一天,爱德华遇到了新来的老人克拉伦斯(迈克尔·凯恩 Michael Caine 饰)。克拉伦斯是一位退休魔术师, 整日悲伤,对爱德华很凶。但这一老一少在彼此的交往中却形成了一种奇怪的友谊……...