故事开始于1913年的巴塞罗那，艾玛（蕾欧诺·瓦特林 Leonor Watling 饰）挺着肚子正在准备迎接腹中新的生命，就在这个节骨眼上，她的丈夫里昂（阿莱克斯·布伦德穆尔 Alex Brendemühl 饰）竟然离家出走音信全无。在姐夫萨尔瓦多（路伊斯·托沙 Luis Tosar 饰）的帮助之下，艾玛开始调查里昂的去向。从后者留下的种种蛛丝马迹看来，一个神秘的女病人和里昂的失踪有着千丝万缕的关联。
在调查的过程中，萨尔瓦多还发现了自己的妻子奥利维亚（Núria Prims 饰）所隐藏的秘密，与此同时，萨尔瓦多深藏在心底的对于艾玛的爱意借由此次机会死灰复燃。而这一切，难道都是弗洛伊德的错吗？

Witness a dysfunctional love story between an Irish food writer named Oliver Byrne and a politically committed Spanish woman called Bibiana. Oliver writes a weekly column entitled, what else?, "The Food Guide to Love." Oliver was traumatized in his childhood by being forced to eat coddle, a traditional food in Dublin made from boiled rashers and pork sausages.