影片讲述了一段不同寻常的感情，发生在蒂尔达(爱玛·施威格 饰)和她的祖父阿曼杜斯(迪特·哈勒沃登 饰)之间。阿曼杜斯患上了阿尔茨海默病。从前，他是一个懂得享受人生的生活家，幽默而又慈祥的祖父，现在却得变得像个孩子一样。只有10岁的蒂尔达可以和他沟通，蒂尔达单纯地把这位失去生活能力的老人当成一个孩子，接受他。影片用幽默的方式讲述，但同样让人看到笑容背后的悲伤与泪水。Its a story about a special love, the love between TILDA and her grandfather AMANDUS. Amandus has Alzheimers. He always was the bon vivant, the humorous and beloved head of the family now he starts acting like a child. Only the ten year old Tilda can deal with him and his disease she looks at it with the eyes of a child and a kind of humour and sensitivity that makes it easier to approach Amandus when he is lost in his new own world. This special connection approaches the disease in a humorous but emotional way, without forgetting about its tragedy.