影片改编自真实故事,以真挚动人的风格向美食、家庭与人生的酸甜苦辣致敬。 为了纪念过世的妈妈,乔伊·斯卡拉维拉(文斯·沃恩 Vince Vaughn 饰)不惜赌上一切开了间意大利餐厅,还请了一群当地的阿嬷来掌厨。。经历了创伤性的一年后,一个遭到无视的印度裔美国少女一心想要赢得大家的喜爱,但是她却面临朋友、家人和感情方面的重重问题。。Juan, a prison officer, silently observes the visit every Sunday of Berta, mother of one of the imates. The day he finally approaches her, he surprises himself by pretending to be another visiting father and inventing a daughter inside the jail: Josefina. The need to fill the vacuum of their lives prompts Juan and Berta to continue meeting outside the reality around them.。