马修（皮埃尔·尼内 Pierre Niney 饰）渴望成为一名作家，可事与愿违，已经二十五岁的他并未在写作上展现出什么耀眼的才华获得过什么成功，这个梦想随着时间的推移离他越来越遥远起来。如今，他只能靠在搬家公司工作的所得来勉强糊口。
一次偶然中，马修在一位独居老人的屋子里找到了一份未被出版的手稿，在激烈的心理斗争之后，马修还是决定将这份手稿以自己的名义送往出版社。哪知道这份手稿一经出版竟然轰动了全国，马修一下子成为了法国炙手可热的文学新星。突如其来的名誉和财富冲昏了马修的头脑，当问题和麻烦也接踵而至。他不仅要想方设法守住自己的秘密，还要应对读者对于他第二部作品的猛烈呼唤。...
The last thing Eddie Mills (Larry Clarke) wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad (Brian Dennehy). But the Catholic guilt gnaws at him, and he returns home to his crazy family, an overbearing step-mother (Leslie Ann Warren) , and his bear of a father. Once there, Eddie is confronted with a revelation that forces him to deal with the past he has always avoided....
