玛丽(凯特·哈德森 Kate Hudson 饰)是个开朗上进的大龄女青年,虽然年轻,但在公司很受高层器重,事业蒸蒸日上,虽然单身,但有许多好朋友,非常享受生活。但是不幸依旧降下,她被诊断患了癌症,更不可思议的是,伴随着厄运降临的还有爱情,她和主治医师、腼腆的西班牙裔小伙儿朱利安(盖尔·加西亚·贝纳尔 Gael García Bernal 饰)产生了感觉。开朗的性格让她笑对病痛,但难免会抑郁、绝望、诅咒命运的不公,一个又一个情绪期里面,对爱情的渴望和抗拒又同时存在。
死亡如约而至时,玛丽会选择以怎样的表情来面对……
When Fred Frenger gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, Florida, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student/prostitute Susie Waggoner. Opposing Frenger is Sgt Hoke Moseley, a cop who is getting a bit old for the job, especially since the job of cop in 1980's Miami is getting crazier all the time.
An intense drama about two young women desperate to escape their repressive small town, whose friendship is challenged after a night of debauchery threatens to undo their grand plans for freedom.