Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk …
66岁的施密特先生(杰克•尼科尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰)退休赋闲在家,无所事事的生活让他颇感无聊。每天依旧7点起床,可是陪伴他的只是无聊的字谜游戏和令人生厌的妻子,施密特需要找点事来改变自己的生活,于是他打算资助一位坦桑尼亚的孤儿恩度古,并提笔给他写了第一封信。妻子的忽然离世让他的生活显得更加冷清,他曾至开始想念那个乏…