富绅董怀古生有一子四女：长子孟达，长女宝珠，次女静珠，三女丽珠，四女雪珠。二十年后董家已外强中干。孟达成为一个无赖；宝珠嫁一小官，自己成日赌博；静珠嫁了商人，生子体弱，便终日念佛，对善事却一毛不拔；丽珠嫁了小职员，爱慕虚荣，其夫苦不堪言；雪珠则与姑母办托儿所，为社会服务。怀古六十大寿，因董家曾向富豪杜家借款，孟达便对富豪之子杜豪百般巴结，甚至想法让其轻薄雪珠，幸亏雪珠机警小惩杜豪，寿宴不欢而散……

The expression of emotional desire called love. Everyone is an individual whose spirit and soul cannot be bound. The emotion between people leads to good and bad results, happiness or misery. In the river of natural life, it is the stream injected halfway and the water vapor evaporated halfway. Two very strong individuals, whether they are right or not, whether they need to be morally criticized, whether they need to be examined by us, in the end, death, rebirth, corruption is all part of the river.

基于Nathaniel Rich在《纽约时报》上发表的文章《The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare》，围绕罗伯特·比洛特展开，他担任辩护律师长达8年之久，他对化工巨头杜邦公司提起了环境诉讼，这场官司揭露了几十年来杜邦公司化学污染的历史。

Umma即韩语母亲的意思，故事聚焦阿曼达（吴珊卓 饰）和她的女儿在美国农场过着平静的生活，但当她早已疏远的母亲的遗体从韩国运抵美国时，阿曼达因害怕变成自己的母亲而产生困扰。