There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, places personal ads, looking for love; Debbie, a single mom, entertains men at the hair salon after hours; her son spends part of the weekend with her ex, a man with a hair-trigger temper. Molly is expecting her first baby and its father acts as if the responsibility is too much for him. Eileen is bitter, complaining about her husband and the dog next door; Bill's a doormat. His West Indian neighbor offers him a drink; her own grown son locks himself in his room most of the time. Will anyone connect during this Guy Fawkes weekend Written by
西蒙(比尔·斯卡斯加德 Bill Skarsgård 饰)是一个患有亚斯伯格症的男孩,他是个物理天才,但不能忍受和人发生肢体接触;他有严重的强迫症,一切都要依计划执行;他不高兴就会把铁皮桶当成太空舱,躲在里面不肯出来。西蒙的监护人是他的哥哥山姆(马丁·沃斯特罗姆 Mar tin Wallström 饰),从小到大只有山姆能理解他。山姆的女友因为不堪忍受和这对兄弟一起生活而愤然提出分手。看到哥哥沉浸在消沉难过中,一直被人照顾的西蒙决定要照顾哥哥一次:他要用科学的方法帮山姆物色一个新的女友......