Toby is selling his childhood home. Walking through empty rooms, he is assailed by memories of happiness unravelling, break-down, and the helplessness and rage of being child. Why do close ties break and loved ones leave? Can we ever know the full story? And what do you do when your family's gone?

地处郊外的一栋房子里，胡子拉碴的尼克（Christopher Nightingale 配音）正在准备餐点。客厅里坐着他年迈的母亲艾琳（Anne Cunningham 配音）。艾琳腿脚不便，日常起居全靠儿子的照顾。她养育了两个儿子，长子理查德（Alisdair Simpson 配音）事业有成，顺风顺水，偶尔过来看看母亲，轻松得意之情溢于言表。反观尼克，没有任何工作，并且也不是母亲所疼爱的那个孩子。他压抑着心中的愤怒，仍竭尽全力照顾母亲的点点滴滴。或许因为不受期待，尼克时常和意见相左的兄长、母亲争吵。但这又能改变什么呢？ 有些情感注定超越了语言而存在的。而有些真情，也注定通过生死才分外的清晰……