Claudina is a traditional woman from the countryside. After the pass away of her husband, she gets into a lonely routine. Having a difficult economic situation, Claudina has to move with her dearest grandson Cristóbal, and her daughter Alejandra, knowing that both women have a distanced relationship. Living together, Claudina meets the neighbor Elsa, an independent and married woman who sings on a hidden bar called "Porvenir" (The Future.) Claudina starts a relationship with Elsa, getting in love. Since then, she develops a journey of self-knowledge to be free, under the judgment of her daughter and friends on a religious and conservatory little town, obsessed with UFO sighting.

故事发生在20世纪50年代的英格兰，莉迪亚（荷丽黛·格兰杰 Holliday Grainger 饰）是生活在那里的一位非常平凡的主妇，在遭到丈夫的无情抛弃后，莉迪亚无奈之下和儿子查理开始了相依为命的拮据生活。因为家庭的原因，查理在学校里饱受欺凌，母子两人生活屡屡走入绝境。
正当两人最绝望的时候，一位名为简（安娜·帕奎因 Anna Paquin 饰）的女医生搬到了莉迪亚家隔壁。简温柔而又善良，她不仅治好了查理的伤，还在莉迪亚和查理险些遭遇流落街头的命运的时候向两人敞开了家里的大门。就这样，莉迪亚住进了简的家，随着时间的推移，两人之间产生了别样的感情，与此同时，有关两人的流言蜚语在小小的村庄里疯狂的传播着。

主角 Lara 于15岁之「老龄」才加入芭蕾舞班。由于较其他女孩迟起步，她每日下尽苦功，甚至练到脚尖破皮流血亦不肯歇息。
Lara 的梦想不只是成为芭蕾舞蹈员——她还想成为一个女孩。是的，「他」原是家中的长子，名叫 Victor……犹幸爸爸一直在旁鼓励﹑陪她接受荷尔蒙治疗，全心全意支持她完成梦想。