马库斯（Richard Gibson 饰）邀请自己的同学兼好友雷欧（多米尼克·格尔德Dominic Guard 饰）到自己家去玩，就这样，雷欧结识了马库斯的姐姐玛丽安（朱莉·克里斯蒂 Julie Christie 饰），美丽又善良的玛丽安给雷欧留下了非常深刻的印象。马库斯得了传染病，没办法陪雷欧玩了，雷欧就此结识了名为泰德（阿兰·贝茨 Alan Bates 饰）的农夫，泰德拜托雷欧帮他送信给玛丽安...

The movie is a throwback to a time when ordinary people enjoyed simple pleasures like going to their club, or taking in the pictures and growing their chrysanthemums in the adjoining greenhouse garden...