布里奇特(伊莎贝尔·于佩尔 Isabelle Huppert 饰)和泽维尔(让-皮埃尔·达鲁森 Jean-Pierre Darroussin 饰)结婚多年,婚姻生活中的激情和新鲜感早已经荡然无存,剩下来的,是经过了时间沉淀后的那一份恬淡与默契。在内心里,布里奇特依然向往着充满了活力与激情的生活,然而,丈夫和她的想法显然大相径庭,泽维尔只想老老实实的将夫妻两人共同经营的农场维护好,仅此而已。 年岁的渐长,孩子的成家立业让布里奇特躁动的内心越来越无法按捺,终于,她下定了决心,决定离开丈夫,离开农场,前往繁华的大都市巴黎,在那里寻找全新的人生意义。面对这妻子的决绝离开,泽维尔内心里充满了不安。Brigitte and Xavier are a couple of cattle farmers living and working together in Normandy. They have always got on well but now that their two children have left the household routine and weariness have set in. One night, Brigitte, who has been invited to a party by a group of Parisians in the house next to their farm, lets herself be wooed by Stan, a witty, cool attractive young man. Some time later, giving a visit to a dermatologist as an excuse, she goes to Paris to meet him. But things do not go according to plan...