“他”（艾伦·瑞克曼 Alan Rickman 饰）是伦敦一名默默无闻的图书编辑，经历了写作生涯的惨痛失败后，只能在工作之余写写诗，一边唾弃着他平淡无奇的工作，一边为曾经的失败爱情心怀遗憾，渐入颓唐中年。
“她”（艾玛·汤普森 Emma Thompson 饰）是“他”的 旧情人，离开他之后嫁给了一位极负盛名的作家，在巴黎过着光鲜滋润的生活。
分开15年后，两人再度相约在以前常去的餐厅共进午...
Gabrielle is writing an illustrated guide book on sex called 'How To Do It.' At a book signing she meets Saul, an established male writer who is straight. She both loves and hates his work whi...
An adventure of the soul. JOSEPH is a young, painfully shy writer in the waterlands of South Carolina. After robbing a rural juke joint with two lower-class buddies and joy-riding up the coast to Myrt...