Billu是一个理发师，靠着经营着一家理发店维持生计，因为店里设备老旧，发式落后赶不上潮流，在对面的时尚Madan理发店的挤压下，生意很是惨淡，前景并不乐观。生活越来越窘迫的Billu一家，不仅孩子的学费交不起，就连家里的口粮也是妻子挨家挨户七拼八凑借来的。然而这时传来了受人尊敬的大明星Sahir要来拍电影的消息，而Sahir正是Billu小时候最要好的玩伴。消息不胫而走，大家都想见到大明星，Billu一时间成为众人巴结的对象。Billu最初对此的态度是逃避和抗拒，但他在众人对他质疑的舆论压力下，不得不想尽办法和Sahir相认，然而在他的内心深处也担心着当年他全心全意帮助的挚友如今还能否与他好如往昔...

To chase her dream of going to school in her remote Himalayan village, a feisty paraplegic girl locks horns with her tradition-bound grandfather.　　Sprightly Chuskit's dream of going to school is cut short when she is rendered a paraplegic after an accident. She's confined to life indoors in the company of her strict grandfather, Dorje. Chuskit continues to harbor hopes of school but Dorje tries to make her understand that school can't handle her needs. As life at home gets harder, her battle with her grandfather exacerbates. Caught in between their struggle are Chuskit's parents and her enterprising brother who want to respect the old world views that Dorje represents, but also want to keep Chuskit's spirit alive. Chuskit will have to get her grandfather to yield or she will have to accept the reality he has chosen for her.

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（CatherineMauger，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。