Elliot Anderson (Kevin Costner), karısının bir araba kazasında ölmesiyle dul kalır. Elliot, kızı doğumda can verdiği için torunu Eloise (Jillian Estell)’i büyütür. Acısıyla baş etmeye çalışırken, Elliot’un dünyası, Afrikan Amerikan büyükanne Rowena (Octavia Spencer)’nın Eloise’in kendi kızını ölüme itmekle bağımlısı olan babası Reggie’ye verilmesini isteyince alt üst olur. Elliot kendisini bir anda velayet savaşında bulur ve ne pahasına olursa olsun torununu ilgisiz babasının eline vermeyecektir.
When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife Monica is trying to manage the lives of their adult children, Annabelle and David, as well as her own.
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California.
When Ainara announces that she wants to become a nun, chaos arises in her family. Is this a genuine desire or has she been influenced by the religious staff at her school? Or is this life-changing decision due to her father’s inattention and her mother’s absence?