利塔出生于法国，他们一家都是来自葡萄牙的移民，和父母生活在这个城市里，利塔的母亲在一家面包店工作，面对着繁重的工作以及背井离乡的紧迫感，让她越来越禁受不住生活的压力，开始力不从心。1979年的时候，利塔已经8岁了，她在她不识字的母亲眼里，利塔几乎是一个成年人了，在她酗酒的父亲眼里，她仍然只是一个天真可爱的小女孩，日子便这么有一天没一天的过着，有一天，利塔忽然得知了父亲的一个秘密：他早已得了重病。但利塔以为父亲只是想找借口同别的女人离开这个家，所以拒绝相信他，反而认为他在向她隐瞒别的事情，直到父亲病重身亡，利塔才意识到，父亲真的走了，而她以后便要和母亲相依为命在这个孤独的城市里。

Jacqueline and Richard, a couple in their eighties, return to the hotel where they spent their first night of love sixty-five years ago. In that same room, they rediscover memories of the past as they retrace their shared love life. Little by little, we understand the true purpose of this pilgrimage. Faced with the disease that relentlessly gains ground, they have decided not to leave each other and to leave together, with dignity.