一段不伦之恋，造成了两代人的人生悲剧。野野宫希和子（永作博美 饰）无法得到情人的身与心，还被迫杀掉了腹中的孩子。在一个瓢泼大雨的日子里，万念俱灰的希和子走入情人的家，抱走了他们尚在襁褓中的女儿惠理菜。此后的岁月中，她带着“女儿”薰辗转各地，只为寻求“母女”安身立命的宁静之所。此去经年，长大成人的惠理菜（井上真央 饰）经历着人生的种种，而她似乎正在走一条与“母亲”希和子相同的路。无论多么不愿回首，她仍按照宿命的指引追忆着与希和子共处的那段短暂而美好的时光……本片根据角田光代的同名原著改编，并荣获2011年电影旬报十佳第5名、最佳女主角奖（永作博美）、最佳女配角奖（小池荣子）；第36届报知电影奖最佳影片奖和最佳女主角奖。

该片讲述了怀着各自不同的故事，每天都在临终关怀病房等待死亡的人们在少女“秀美”出现后发生的故事。

Dear Brigitte is one of the funniest comedies from the 1960s, about a tone-deaf, color-blind boy genius with one interest: Brigitte Bardot. James Stewart plays professor Robert Leaf, a typical college professor (when speaking of college professors typical means liberal, but this was 40 years ago and labels change). Leaf teaches poetry, lives in a houseboat in San Francisco, vocally opposes nuclear power and progress in general. He has an original way to make the family stick together - family concerts. His daughter calls him square. Leaf's 8-year old son Erasmus is played by Billy Mumy (Sammy the Way Out Seal, Lost In Space, Bless The Beasts & Children, Three Wishes). Leaf hopes to find artistic genius of some sort in his only son, and nurtures him in music, painting, literature, etc. But Leaf is disappointed, to put it mildly, when it turns out Erasmus has a gift for math, can out-think the colleges newest computer, instantly compute horse-race winners. I don't want to give away too much of the plot, but Erasmus had been writing to Bardot regularly, and after the family comes to depend on his ability, his love-sickness causes a mental block. Glynis Johns (Father's Delicate Condition, The Cabinet of Caligari, Mary Poppins) plays Leaf's wife. Ed Wynn (Requiem For A Heavyweight, Mary Poppins) is a neighbor / captain / narrator. Other cast include Fabian, Cindy Carol, John Williams, Jesse White, Jack Kruschen, and James Brolin in an early bit part. Brigitte Bardot appears at the end.

秋子自小因病失聪，对生命感到无奈。战祸发生后，与家人避至新泻县居住。秋子的丈夫在战乱中死去，被丈夫的家人迫回娘家。一次旧校生聚会中，认识了片山道夫，两人互相倾慕相恋，后来结了婚。纵使生活艰苦，两人互相持，齐心面对，但不幸的事却不断发生。