从小时候起,蕾(内芙·坎贝尔 Neve Campbell 饰)就展现出了在舞蹈方面的过人天赋,长大之后,蕾如愿成为了一名芭蕾舞者,并且加入了著名的芝加哥芭蕾舞团。然而,想在这一行业里出人头地,光有技术还远远不够。没过多久,锋芒毕露的蕾就遭到了同行的排挤,与此同时,蕾对于芭蕾艺术的探索亦走入了瓶颈。
坚强的蕾凭借着自己的努力和坚持最终成为了首席领舞,但是,事业上的成功却并没能带给蕾快乐。正相反,强大的工作压力和人们期望的眼神令蕾感到快要无法呼吸,为了排遣心情,蕾来到一间餐厅,在那里当服务生减压。工作中,蕾结识了名为乔治(詹姆斯·弗兰科 James Franco 饰)的男子,两人之间产生了一段浪漫的情缘。
Agneta is a colorful and funny person, but it's not obvious on the surface. She has just turned 49, her children have flown the nest, her job at the traffic office is stagnant, and Agneta feels invisible. Her husband, on the other hand, has found meaning in life by doing ice-cold baths and cycling fast in expensive gear. In a crisis attempt to escape the dull shackles of everyday life, Agneta leaves the safe Swedish life behind to work as an au pair for a Swedish boy in France. However, when the boy, Einar, turns out to be an elderly eccentric demented gentleman, the misunderstanding is a fact. This becomes the start of a messy, life-affirming friendship that turns everything Agneta thought she knew about life and herself upside down. Because how does one really live their one precious life?