In a Copenhagen hotel, disparate lives intersect through accident or fate: A stewardess desperate for intimacy. An immigrant obsessed with revenge. A hotel manager lost in despair. A wife abandoned by her husband. A receptionist with blood on his hands. People meet in the intimacy of hotel rooms, secrets are revealed and unexpected events merge into a dramatic tale of love and longing.

才华横溢但在感情方面趋于保守的卡罗德雷克来到世界闻名的牛津。她唯一目标是取得博士学位，但她在这里认识了一位迷人的年轻人，历经一连串的人生经历之后，她从无神论渐渐接受信仰，她终于明白“门只能从内部打开”。本片在英国牛津取景拍摄，从博德利图书馆、谢尔登剧院、牛津大学基布尔学院、布莱克威尔书店、金斯阿姆斯酒吧、圣玛丽大学教堂和艾迪生步道，牛津城市风情一览无遗。