Julio is experiencing a mid-life crisis. He has a novel he cannot finish and his 30 yr. marriage is in a rut. His life is bleak until he finds a hole in the wall that looks into the next apartment. There live a newlywed couple who are having problems, Julio and his neighbor start an affair that then gets out of control.
為了幫半半讀的男江偉（庹華）分擔(dān)力，小漁劉若英）中國(guó)非法到紐約做工，江偉于擺脫生的困境，服小漁同居紐約的大利老頭Mario（Daniel J. Travanti）假結(jié)婚，以取得綠卡自己也能籍。 Mario表面看來(lái)欠了一屁賭債的潦賭鬼，卻既風(fēng)光又奈的過(guò)去小漁對(duì)他身世了解，開(kāi)始對(duì)進(jìn)行無(wú)微至的照顧而Mario也被小漁的單純打，重新執(zhí)開(kāi)始寫(xiě)作兩人漸生于父女與人之間的妙感情。小漁終獲卡時(shí)，Mario的身體狀況變非常糟糕小漁不忍他而去想下再照顧一段時(shí)間遭到江偉竭力反對(duì)小漁走到擇的關(guān)口
