In a wealthy family in Houston, Texas , Έως Greenway and her husband have only one daughter named Emma. Έως has loved her daughter in every possible way since she was a child, for fear of her daughter's accident. At the beginning of the film, the camera shows Έως crawling on the sleeping daughter in the crib, kissing wildly, thinking that she is about to die. At this time, the voice-over made her husband's voice, asking her not to disturb the child.
However, Emma's father unfortunately passed away prematurely, and the mother and daughter have depended on each other ever since. The domineering and self- employed Έως ran to the daughter's room to sleep with her daughter after her husband died, and the daughter silently promised to take good care of her mother.
Although Έως treats her daughter like a treasure, it is also very authoritarian. Everything about her daughter, such as talking and behaving, grooming, learning, and playing, must obey her will. A slight violation of her will result in thunderous excitement. The character of daughter Emma is completely different from that of her mother. Although she is gentle on the surface, she has a stubborn character and a little spoiled and headstrong. She also loves her mother very much, but she is not obedient, but has her own opinions, so there are often disputes between mother and daughter.
Fifteen years later, Emma became a beautiful and passionate girl. She wants to get rid of her mother's control and be independent, especially when it comes to marriage issues. She does not listen to her mother's dissuasion and insists on marrying a graduate student who has no fixed job and no masculinity. Holden. On the eve of the wedding, Έως said angrily to Emma: "You will definitely ruin your life if you marry him, because you have no special skills to deal with an unfortunate marriage." Έως refused to attend the wedding to show opposition. After that, Emma moved to another state because of her husband's work, and has since been far away from her mother.
After Έως became a grandmother, many suitors came to court for love, including one of her next-door neighbors, astronaut Garrett. Shiridlov is also a famous local figure. But Έως sneered and dismissed it.
After Emma got married and moved to another place with her husband, Έως was lonely in life and mentally depressed, and couldn't help but become interested in the retired astronaut Garrett who had pursued her in the past, and agreed to his appointment for the first time in a few years. Garrett was originally a bohemian playboy. Under the teasing of Έως, two lonely old men who lived next to each other for 15 years finally hit it off. In the dying years, Έως has ignited the enthusiasm of youth again, and realized that this relationship has great destructive power to her.
As the years go by, her personality becomes more self-controlling with her age, she is no longer arrogant and arrogant, and she has become more attached to her daughter. Emma gave birth to 3 children in a row after her marriage, and she was in charge of housework. However, her husband Lepp could not afford the family financial life with his meager salary as a teacher. As a result, life was difficult and mentally depressed. She had a relationship with a bank clerk and got him Funding. The husband's son went home, making Emma think that he didn't care about his wife and children, playing with women around the world. Emma often quarreled with her husband because of moving and financial problems. Her relationship with her eldest son Tommy also began to deteriorate. At the same time, she discovered the ambiguous relationship between her husband and the schoolgirl. Emma ran back to Texas to meet her mother Έως. Her husband moved and got a job as the head of the department. She still maintained a relationship with the bank staff, but she also discovered that the female student who had an ambiguous relationship with her husband was also in the new school. At this time, she found out that she was seriously ill.
Έως finds that she is in love with Garrett, but refuses his courtship, she falls into loneliness again. Knowing that her daughter is seriously ill, Caution Έως is extremely painful, but she always looks dissatisfied in front of her daughter, and her relationship with her son-in-law is still fighting. Emma looked at her husband Flip affectionately at the moment before her death. After the death of their daughter, Έως and Flip finally hug each other and forgive each other. In the end, Έως, Garrett, and Emma's husband take care of Emma's three children together.
