福斯托和纳丁在巴黎一家酒店第一次认识，他们都很脆弱，孤独，渴望拥有幸福。福斯托是移居法国的意大利人，作为一个服务员他希望自己能有所作为，但一直未果，而纳丁是一个年轻而美丽的法国姑娘。他们双双坠入爱河，两人的命运从此交织在一起。
一对老夫妇满足于平凡的中产阶级生活，直到他们的儿子决定去美国深造。
玛琳·阿克曼(《守望者》《亿万》)、凯特·丹宁斯、简·西摩尔(《伊甸园东》《妾似朝阳又照君》)加盟感恩节题材喜剧新片《朋友感恩节》(Friendsgiving)，Nicol Paone编写剧本，并首次执导剧情长片。阿克曼饰演一个迷人的、刚刚离婚的女演员Molly，丹宁斯饰演刚刚被甩的同性恋闺蜜Abby，西摩尔饰演Molly的母亲Helen，来自瑞典。三人和一群亲密好友以及一些奇怪的熟人一起主办了一场功能失调、一团糟的感恩节晚宴。本·斯蒂勒、阿克曼制片，爱莎·泰勒、迪恩·科尔、瑞恩·汉森等参演。
科尔，一个有抱负的二十多岁的编剧，决定写他迄今为止最雄心勃勃的剧本，策划一个异想天开，他的编剧偶像的女儿谈恋爱，来接近她有名的父亲，好在影视界崭露头角
In the early '90s, the Yugoslavian Government cancelled the autonomy of Kosovo, dissolved its Parliament and closed down the National Television. All institutional life was reorganized by the new authorities, while the majority of the citizens responded with peaceful demonstrations. During this terrible time, Fadili, who works as an archivist, has to choose between two options, knowing that both of them are wrong. He therefore involuntarily and unwillingly "swallows" the shame, endures the pressure bearing down from all sides and puts up with the bad reputation for only one reason: to provide for his family.
