纽约布鲁克林,有一个意大利家庭,每到月圆之夜,他们仿佛被施了魔法,会做出一些莫名其妙的举动。洛丽塔·卡斯托里尼(雪儿 Cher 饰)是家里的独女,年轻貌美,是公司里的会计师。因为前夫遭遇车祸,而成了寡妇。某晚,在酒馆里,洛丽塔目睹了邻桌分手的惨 剧,仿佛受了刺激,决定跟41岁的单身汉强尼结婚。她让强尼用尾戒求婚,于是众目睽睽之下喜结连理。不过,因为母亲病重,强尼离开了纽约,临走时让她邀请弟弟罗尼(尼古拉斯·凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰)参加婚礼。她去面包房见到罗尼,后者听到婚事异常激动,并讲述了反对的理由。她据理力争,他根本不听。后来,她邀请他到家里做客,希望兄弟俩冰释前嫌,却没想到在一番激烈的争吵后,他们之间的关系发生了微妙的变化……No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny, then she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny. She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls deeper in love, she comes to learn that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.