老友米克和弗雷德结伴前往阿尔卑斯的度假旅馆，他们以爱和幽默的视角，探讨子女们满是麻烦的生活。米克是导演，正在积极创作自己看来最重要的一部电影，而早就没有了事业追求的指挥家、作曲家弗雷德却收到女王伊丽莎白二世的邀请为菲利普的生日演奏。Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Mick's enthusiastic young writers, and the other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again.