讲述了在中国传统“家庭”概念制约下的两代人的故事。当妻子发现丈夫与另一个男人在一起，她的家庭避难所就成了礼教的束缚。
Akil (KIL), a quiet and depressed young man sees suicide as an solution though he never succeeds in pulling it off. A chance encounter brings him face to face with the "Life Action Bureau" or LAB, an organization that will help him end his life. But after being bound to LAB's terms and conditions, he meets pretty and vivacious Zara with whom he eventually falls in love with and gives him a reason to live. The new Akil who embraces life must now race against time to undo what he has set in motion before he gets killed.
霍比（达斯汀·霍夫曼 Dustin Hoffman 饰）辛辛苦苦了一辈子，终于迎来了退休的年纪。从繁忙的工作岗位返回闲适的家庭之中，霍比表面上风平浪静，但内心里始终有着隐隐的失落，很不是滋味。 一次偶然中，霍比在电梯里遇见了邻居苏维尔（朱迪·丹奇 Judi Dench 饰），一下子，他便被这个个性开朗而又热情的老太太给深深的吸引住了。霍比真真切切的感觉到，已到花甲之年的自己，再一次的坠入了爱河。虽然霍比和苏维尔常常会拉拉家常，但两人之前的关系似乎并没有什么进展。霍比在无意之中得知了苏维尔的烦恼，她所养的一只小乌龟总是长不大，霍比决定利用这个烦恼为突破口，拉近两人的关系。
