Michael Sch?ffer is among the Westerners whose families are killed in the great tsunami while on holiday at Thailand's Phuket beach. So is Billi Cramer, who is less introvert and hence accepts a Greek international relief force therapist's advice to seek contact with a compatriot in the same position. They got on so well there may be a real relationship in the making, but the grief still weighs heavily.
克里斯与西塞莉是一对年轻的爱人,一个是国际记者,一个是剧场演员,他们挣扎于要兼顾爱情还是要冲刺事业中,爱得很深,又非常骄傲,两个常年分居,独自生活……(by波迪与鹅) In New York, the rookie newsman Christopher Chris Tyler dreams on becoming a famous journalist. When his girlfriend Cicely spends a couple of days with him, they decide to get married and Cicely leaves college. Chris's best friend Tommy Abbott is his best man and becomes a family's friend. Chris has his great chance when his editor Frank Carteret sends him to Rome assigned as a foreign correspondent. Cicely stays in New York with Tommy and does not tell to Chris that she is pregnant. When she delivers the baby Kit, Chris celebrates and loses a big scoop and his boss fires him. Chris falls in disgrace and the couple has economic difficulties; however Tommy lends money to Cicely and offers an opportunity on the stage as an actress. Cicely is hired and becomes successful and Chris is depressed with the situation. Cicely seeks out Frank Carteret and explains the situation, and he offers a job opportunity to Chris in Russia. He accepts the job but Cicely stays in New York with their son....
汉克(小罗伯特·唐尼 Robert Downey Jr. 饰)是一名经验丰富的律师,专门帮有钱人收拾他们惹出的烂摊子,在汉克的眼里,没有所谓的正义,有的只是永恒的利益。母亲的意外去世让汉克不得不回到了印第安纳老家,那里是他的故乡,却有着他最不愿意回忆起的往事。 在老家,汉克见到了久违的父亲约瑟夫(罗伯特·杜瓦尔 Robert Duvall 饰),一位当了一辈子地方法官的固执老人,父子两人之间紧张的关系并没有因为岁月的变迁而发生任何改变。让一心想要离开的汉克没有想到的是,一场交通事故让约瑟夫卷进了一宗案情复杂的官司中,而自己在为父亲辩护的同时,真相亦渐渐浮出水面。