Meena struggles in an abusive, same-sex relationship with Sarah, her alcoholic, emotionally manipulative partner of 25 years. When their daughter is accepted to university in Paris, Meena is forced to confront the state of her relationship and her life.

影片以12个清新小品的片段形式，以不同的叙述视角，拼合交织出美国著名诗人C·K·威廉斯的生活经历和诗歌作品。影片开始时，弗兰科饰演的威廉斯有一个漂亮的妻子，法国珠宝商凯瑟琳（Catherine Mauger，米拉·库妮丝饰演），和一个幼年的儿子。可随着一场纽约的朗诵会日益临近，他却遭遇创作瓶颈，无法写出作品，陷入对往昔的记忆之中——童年、第一次的甜蜜、失去的苦涩。