A southern Italian woman waits as her newborn child on life support in an incubator for three months. Consumed by solitude, she must find the internal strength to bring her child into the world.

《岁月与阴云》是一部高质量的文艺片，讲述了一对过惯了优雅生活的中产阶级夫妇在突然失去经济基础后，完全不知所措，生活变得一团糟。
影片关注家庭、婚姻，讲述了中年人的情感危机和内心冲突，表现手法含蓄隽永，镜头语言与主人公的表演都具有一种忧伤的流畅。