- A small provincial town is buzzing with excitement: the town's most illustrious son, a world-famous opera singer, is coming home. Meanwhile, Sebastian, a kitchen boy who is as good as married, falls head over heels in love with the new maid, Maria. Their love affair, along with rumours that the opera singer and the kitchen boy are related, turns the town upside down, threatenin...
- 希拉莉(瑞切尔•格里菲斯 饰)与积琪琳(艾米丽•沃森 饰)是一对感情深厚的姐妹。姐姐希拉莉很有吹长笛的天分,积琪琳看着姐姐拿到了许多荣耀也不甘落后,经过艰苦练习后,积琪琳的大提琴也有了很大的进步。在一次比赛中,两人分别获得了第一,但希拉莉开始嫉妒妹妹,纵使两人的感情没有受到影响,可是希拉莉的音乐之路开始触礁。 长大后的希拉莉成家了,搬到了偏远地区,这时也同样结婚了的积琪琳十分羡慕姐姐过着平常但幸福的生活,她开始厌倦到处表演。她逃到了姐姐的家中,却要求与姐夫发生关系,为了迁就妹妹,希拉莉只好妥协。终于一天,积琪琳发现姐夫爱的依然是姐姐时,她离开了,回到了丈夫的身边,正当一切进展顺利之际,她发现自己患上了不治之症。