Ken和Lorna 的乖乖女儿长假归来带回了一个非主流“丈夫”，一身嬉皮士装扮，无所事事没有工作，满腹经纶探讨着哲学和生命的意义，自诩为“精神的忍者”......这一切对于任何父母来说简直是一场噩梦！Ken和Lorna 没有办法只能接受这位“忍者女婿”住进自己的家。-------如果家是每一个英国男人的城堡，那么这位嬉皮士已经闯入了Ken的城堡并且掠夺了一切，更无法原谅的是，掠夺了他的公主。

From Paris in the 1960s to London in the first decade of the third millennium, Madeleine and her daughter Véra flit from one amorous adventure to the next, living for the moment and taking all the opportunities that life offers. But not every love affair is without its consequences, its upsets and its disappointments. As time goes by and gnaws away at one’s deepest feelings, love becomes a harder game to play.