故事聚焦于一个在自己精神世界中挣扎的、孤独的女人身上。简在婚礼仪式上被未婚夫抛弃后,20年来饱受精神分裂的折磨,在混乱的精神状况下,她的情感关系(无论是真实的还是想象的)和家庭关系矛盾重重。在医院看病的一天,简遇见了迈克——一个失败的、迷失的音乐家。两人开始了一段黑色喜剧性的浪漫故事,在这之中,情况发生了变化。This movie follows Jane (Sally Hawkins) who, after being left at the altar, had a breakdown spiralled into a chaotic episode of schizophrenia lasting twenty years in which love (both real and imagined) and family relationships collide. Things change when she begins a darkly comic romance with Mike (David Thewlis), a failed musician and fellow lost soul.