In sepia tones, the film moves back and forth among three periods in Robert Tucker's life: he's an old man, near death, in a nursing home at Christmas time; he's in middle age caring for...

　　最近，瓦伦斯（比尔·默瑞 Bill Murray 饰）心情不错，因为他即将赶赴伦敦，与他的弟弟詹姆士（彼得·盖勒 Peter Gallagher 饰）共度生日。然而，对于詹姆士来说，这可不是一个好消息，身为一个成功的银行家，繁忙的工作让他再也分不出时间来应付这个成天傻呵呵的弟弟了。为了打发瓦伦斯，詹姆士送给了他一张舞台剧门票，没想到正是这张门票，将瓦伦斯卷入了一个阴谋之中。　　黑帮，杀手，这些...

　　Robert Tucker, a sorrowful, solitary man, given to bouts of weeping, tries to balance his life caring for his aging mother, his Catholicism, his homosexuality, and his dull job. One night, after his...