A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

　　平凡的一家人阿文（陈以文 饰）和琴姐（柯淑勤 饰）育有两个儿子，叛逆的小儿子阿和（巫建和 饰）与好友菜头（刘冠廷 饰）砍伤人进了少年辅育院，但阿和的女友小玉（吴岱凌 饰）却带着身孕来家里…琴姐不顾阿文反对，将小玉留下来照顾。此时，被砍伤者家属也来找阿文求取巨额赔偿，阿文受不了总是带来麻烦的小儿子，将所有希望都寄托在资优生大儿子阿豪（许光汉 饰）身上，却不知道温暖善良的阿豪心中也藏着不为人知的秘密…

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.