退休的火箭工程师史老先生(Henry O 饰)来到美国,看望阔别十二年之久的女儿宜兰(俞飞鸿 饰),经历了离婚的女儿近几年一直没有再婚的打算,这让史老颇为纠结。白天女儿上班时,史老试图与年轻的美国邻居交谈,但语言与文化隔阂让史老只能停留在孤独的世界里。由于工作的特殊性,史老与宜兰一直缺乏沟通,美国之行也并没能改善两人的关系,所幸史老结识了一位伊朗老妇,他们时常用生疏的英语交流,而老妇最近喜得孙子让史老两相对照之下黯然神伤。史老发现了宜兰与一位有家室的俄罗斯男子前景黯淡的交往,情急之下开口质问,才明白女儿不如意的感情生活与自己有莫大的关系……
本片获2007年圣塞巴斯蒂安国际电影节金贝壳奖、最佳男主角奖。
Maira lives happily with Aiden, a doll maker and toy company owner. But Vanya, their adopted daughter and Aiden's niece, is still dealing with the loss of her birth mother. After Vanya plays Charlie's Pencil to summon her late mother, strange things begin to happen. Maira is terrorized by the Sabrina doll. What is happening with the doll and what does it want?