1960年,以色列宣布抓捕到前纳粹德国高官、素有“死刑执行者”之称的阿道夫·艾希曼,并于1961年在耶路撒冷进行审判。已在美国居住多年的著名犹太女哲学家汉娜·阿伦特(巴巴拉·苏科瓦 Barbara Sukowa 饰)受《纽约人》邀请为此次审判撰稿。当汉娜·阿伦特前往耶路撒冷观看审判后,却在艾希曼的阐述、民意和自己的哲学思考之间发现了分歧。当阿伦特将艾希曼当年的行为提高到哲学的高度,她的文章不出所料地引发了社会上的恶评和抨击,一些汉娜·阿伦特的老友甚至和她绝交反目。这个当年海德格尔门下最得意的女学生在急风骤雨中想全身而退,却发现一切都已经不像自己预计的那样简单。
Upon moving into her husband's childhood home to help take care of his elderly relatives, Jean Copeland, an emotionally withdrawn wife and mother of two, becomes embroiled in an affair with a suicidal lover. Her husband, Gordon, is oblivious, too busy worrying that he's losing his most prized possession, his mind, after a run-in with an ex-girlfriend he doesn't remember. 19-year-old, Priscilla, is a fashionista desperate to become a reality TV star, while 9-year-old crossword fanatic, Otis, has fallen in love for the very first time. Otis (played by Noah schanpp) falls in love with Caterina (played by Caroline Mills) after, well, forever. With Gordon's father, Theodore, fading into dementia, and 95-year old matriarch, Vivian, desperately clinging to control of the house, the six family members, at five stages of life, distill the dreams, worries, and regrets, of contemporary America.
Alice and Niklas are happy, they lack nothing - but a child. After several failed invitros, they go on a holiday to Sardinia to leave their wish for a child behind. Right there, however, everything they tried to repress resurfaces. A cheerful Tyrolean family moves directly into the neighboring house and seems to have everything that Alice and Niklas lack in life. An unforeseen incident changes their view on life, in which the most natural thing in the world does not avail.