讲述一名已退隐的社团老大，因一群受收购重建问题被欺压的街坊而重出江湖的故事。
影片改编自朝仓霞同名小说，讲述了35年后重逢的中学同学青砥健（堺雅人 饰）和须藤叶子（井川遥 饰），彼此都是单身，积累了各种各样人生经验的两人意气相投，填补了自中学以来离别的35年时光，心灵相通的故事。
故事发生在北方一个偏远村庄，一位老来得子的父亲，为儿子能娶上媳妇扛起筹备彩礼的重担。他体弱多病，仍进城辛苦打工挣钱。在一次交通事故中，父亲救下儿子，用生命换来赔偿款筹齐了彩礼，使儿子完成了婚事。
During a hot summer in Quebec’s countryside, a recently settled couple struggles. Marie (35), a sound artist in lack of inspiration doubts her relationship with her partner. The arrival of Noée (25), a young French traveler who mourns her father, will destabilise the status quo and trouble their neighbour Yan (30), a solitary farmer, by awakening new desires. In Montreal, Eva (15), a teenage Filipina who recently moved to Canada, tries to find new roots in the city. Since her arrival, she suffers from insomnia, often interrupted by strange dreams of her hometown in the Philippines. Jeanne (25) is having trouble finishing her thesis on the work of Marie, the artist in the countryside. As Eva tries to anchor herself, Jeanne plans to leave everything. The Splendour of Life is a sensual film that explores how we relate to each other in a changing world that transcends us - an invitation to live to the fullest.
11 岁的乔纳斯和妈妈与弟弟一起生活在德国。因为和妈妈吵架的原因，乔纳斯找了借口，独自登上火车前往斯洛伐克探望祖父。原本期待和祖父伯纳德一起过暑假，却发现自从祖父退休后，他的生活产生了变化。对乔纳斯来说，如何可以让祖父重归正常的生活以及和妈妈和好如初是个双重挑战。和所有小孩子一样， 乔纳斯不知不觉也在这个暑假中成长起来。
