故事讲述的是四个女人关于生活的情感、悔恨还有心态改变的各种生活中的小插曲。随着四个女人的故事的展开，他们从其他人身上得到自己需要的继续好好生活的勇气和信心，并且开始反思和重新审视自己的生活，找回生活的重心的故事。

独自生活在运河边农村的老太太周瑾（葛兆美 饰）突然被确诊脑瘤，漂在外地的子女不得不回乡照顾。大女儿苏念真（刘丹 饰）在上海经营留学咨询机构，正在经历第二次离婚，她坚持要给母亲最好的治疗；小儿子苏念清（吴洲凯 饰）是个四处漂泊的导游，他支持母亲放下，接受无常。在死亡面前，周瑾寻找着精神的归宿 ，苏念真和苏念清在不断发现母亲秘密的同时，正与故乡失去最后的连接。

独自生活在运河边农村的老太太周瑾（葛兆美 饰）突然被确诊脑瘤，漂在外地的子女不得不回乡照顾。大女儿苏念真（刘丹 饰）在上海经营留学咨询机构，正在经历第二次离婚，她坚持要给母亲最好的治疗；小儿子苏念清（吴洲凯 饰）是个四处漂泊的导游，他支持母亲放下，接受无常。在死亡面前，周瑾寻找着精神的归宿 ，苏念真和苏念清在不断发现母亲秘密的同时，正与故乡失去最后的连接。

在喜马拉雅山一个宁静的村庄里，一位年轻人与一只受伤的小鸟建立了深厚的情谊。然而，当他们不得不踏上离开心爱家园的艰难旅程时，这份情谊也受到了考验。

A young couple decides to start a new beginning by the sea. Lorena must finish her art project and finds the small coastal area a perfect place to focus on the task. Hunky Diego gets a job at the library and begins to endear himself to the close-knit community. Soon Diego and Lorena will come to be involved with Vicente, a handsome, enigmatic man who will make them all rethink the idea of love and what it means to each of them. To the Sea is beautiful and sensual in its setting and its story of bisexuality and polyamory.

独自生活在运河边的农村老太太周瑾突然被确诊脑瘤，漂在外地的子女不得不回乡照顾。大女儿苏念真在上海经营留学咨询机构，正在经历第二次离婚，她坚持要给母亲最好的治疗；小儿子苏念清是个四处漂泊的导游，他支持母亲放下，接受无常。在死亡面前，周瑾寻找着精神的归宿，苏念真和苏念清在不断发现母亲秘密的同时，正与故乡失去最后的连接。

A young couple decides to start a new beginning by the sea. Lorena must finish her art project and finds the small coastal area a perfect place to focus on the task. Hunky Diego gets a job at the library and begins to endear himself to the close-knit community. Soon Diego and Lorena will come to be involved with Vicente, a handsome, enigmatic man who will make them all rethink the idea of love and what it means to each of them. To the Sea is beautiful and sensual in its setting and its story of bisexuality and polyamory.

独自生活在运河边的农村老太太周瑾突然被确诊脑瘤，漂在外地的子女不得不回乡照顾。大女儿苏念真在上海经营留学咨询机构，正在经历第二次离婚，她坚持要给母亲最好的治疗；小儿子苏念清是个四处漂泊的导游，他支持母亲放下，接受无常。在死亡面前，周瑾寻找着精神的归宿，苏念真和苏念清在不断发现母亲秘密的同时，正与故乡失去最后的连接。

The nature and complexity of the welfare system is examined by sequences illustrating the staggering 　　diversity of problems that constitute welfare: housing, unemployment, divorce, medical and psychiatric 　　problems, abandoned and abused children, and the elderly. These issues are presented in a context where 　　welfare workers as well as the clients are struggling to cope with and interpret the laws and regulations that 　　govern their work and life.

The nature and complexity of the welfare system is examined by sequences illustrating the staggering 　　diversity of problems that constitute welfare: housing, unemployment, divorce, medical and psychiatric 　　problems, abandoned and abused children, and the elderly. These issues are presented in a context where 　　welfare workers as well as the clients are struggling to cope with and interpret the laws and regulations that 　　govern their work and life.