简介：在星巴克工作的山姆（西恩?潘 Sean Penn 饰），虽已成人，但智力水平只有7岁。一次偶然，他收留了一个流浪女。该女子帮山姆生下了一个女儿后消失得无影无踪。 他给女儿取名叫露西（达科塔?范宁 Dakota Fanning 饰）,因为他最喜欢甲壳虫乐队的《天空中戴钻石的露西》。他非常疼爱自己的孩子。露西在山姆的细心呵护下慢慢地长大了，她发现爸爸不能看懂稍微复杂一些的故事。她在拒绝长大，希望和爸爸一样。父女两的生活是那么幸福。 地区的教育官员发现了这个特殊的家庭，他们认为山姆没有能力照顾露西，于是把露西带走了。 伤心极了的山姆一心要挣回露西的抚养权，于是他自以为是的去找该地区最好的律师……
简介：汉塞尔（约翰·卡梅隆·米切尔 John Cameron Mitchell 饰）从小就被摇滚乐吸引，希望以后能够成为一名摇滚乐歌手，某日，他遇见了美国大兵卢瑟（毛里斯·迪恩·温特 Maurice Dean Wint 饰），卢瑟答应带他去美国，但前提是汉塞尔必须和他结婚。为了追寻自己的梦想，汉塞尔毅然进行了变性手术，虽然手术给他带来了永久的创伤，但汉塞尔总算踏上了美国的土地。 两年之后，卢瑟抛弃了汉塞尔，在这片举目无亲的土地上，汉塞尔顽强的生存着。他为自己找了一份看护的工作，还成立了名为“The Angry Inch”的摇滚乐队，在此期间，汉塞尔遇见了名为汤米（迈克尔·皮特 Michael Pitt 饰）的年轻男孩，殊不知这个男孩将会成为他日后的噩梦。
简介：Lynn (22) lives with her brother in Berlin. There she enjoys the advantages of family life, without really feeling involved in it. She does not have any precise aim in life, but manages to awaken the interest of many people with her direct and spontaneous character. Her boyfriend David is very different he is entirely engrossed in his very disciplined swimming training for the world championships. David does not intend to allow himself to be distracted by the complicating factors of a relationship with Lynn. When Lynn, working behind the till of restaurant, meets the Japanese student Koji, everything gets more complicated. They can't exchange many words, but it is soon clear that their moments together mean a lot to both of them.