内心怀抱着难以治愈的伤痛，宛如浮萍在人间漂泊的友里（濑户果步饰)，最后选在一间小小的旧书店落脚，并且嫁给了该书店的老板阿友（宇野祥平饰），成了旧书店的老板娘。阿友虽然对因车祸过世的前妻念念不忘，却在生活上十分依赖友里。另一方面，与阿友从小就相识的隆太发现了过世的父亲遗留下来的诗集，因此契机让他和友里在不知不觉中相互吸引，进而坠入了爱河。友里若想与隆太持续下去，就代表着她必须要离开阿友，这段纠结的三角关系也让他们的生活产生了变化……

Homer Wells（托比·马奎尔 Tobey Maguire 饰）从小在St. Clouds的一所孤儿院长大，孤儿院的院长Dr. Wilbur Larch（迈克尔·凯恩 Michael Caine 饰）对他关怀备至。Homer和其他孤儿一起健康快乐地成长，他还在Dr. Larch身边学习，掌握了精湛的医术，尤其是妇科手术。有一天，中尉Wally Worthington（保罗·路德 Paul Rudd 饰）带着他的未婚妻Candy Kendall（查理兹·塞隆 Charlize Theron 饰）来到孤儿院进行堕胎手术。术后，Homer询问Wally能否带他到外面的世界去看一看，Wally欣然答应。于是Homer跟着Wally离开了孤儿院，生命中第一次见到了大海，还在Wally家的苹果庄园找了份工作。不久后Wally又去缅甸参加战争。Homer和Candy在日复一日地相处中滋生了爱情。而另一方面，Homer收到孤儿院寄来的信，Dr. Larch希望他回去当他的助手，但Homer拒绝了，他更想留在外面的世界。此时Wally前线传来噩耗，Wally受伤下半身瘫痪即将回家。Homer该如何处理这些问题呢？本片根据John Irving的同名小说改编，获得七项奥斯卡提名，赢得最佳男配角和最佳改编剧本奖。

美国女作家Shirley Jackson的短篇《摸彩》的电影版。Shirley Jackson's superb short story "The Lottery" has been filmed three times, most notably in 1969 as an acclaimed short film which director Larry Yust made for an Encyclop?dia Britannica educational film series. The Academic Film Archive cited Yust's short as "one of the two bestselling educational films ever".Larry Yust's short film, The Lottery (1969), produced as part of Encyclop?dia Britannica's "Short Story Showcase" series, was ranked by the Academic Film Archive as "one of the two bestselling educational films ever". It has an accompanying ten-minute commentary film, Discussion of "The Lottery" by USC English professor Dr. James Durbin. Featuring the film debut of Ed Begley, Jr., Yust's adaptation has an atmosphere of naturalism and small town authenticity with its shots of pick-up trucks and townspeople in Fellows, California.