里奇（肖恩•克里斯汀森Shawn Christensen 饰）是一个早就对生命失去了全部热情的抑郁男子，终于，他再也无法忍受精神上的重负，决定自杀。然而，就在他割了腕，徘徊在死亡线上的这个节骨眼，很久都没有联系的姐姐玛姬（埃米•罗森Emmy Rossum 饰）突然打来了电话，请求里奇去照顾她的小女儿索菲亚（法蒂玛•普泰西克 Fatima Ptacek 饰），一番天人交战之后，里奇决定先将自杀的事情放一放。 　　就这样，里奇见到了索菲亚，这个早熟的小姑娘给予了他很深的影响，随着时间的推移，索菲亚和里奇之间建立了信任，可惜的是，索菲亚的依赖并不能够让里奇放弃自杀，他的下一个自杀计划已经提上了日程。A troubled young man and his strait-laced niece embark on a thrilling odyssey through New York City in this heartrending drama based on an Oscar-winning short. As his life hits rock bottom, 20-something Richie decides to end it all, only to have his half-hearted suicide attempt interrupted by an urgent request from his sister to babysit her precocious daughter. So begins a madcap tour of Manhattan after dark, as uncle and niece find unexpected bonds in the unlikeliest of places.