Sam and his wife, Fran, live in a small town in the United States. Through hard work, he owned a car production plant. But having wealth didn't make him and his wife happier. Fran longs for a stimulating life and wants to meet more attractive men. Sam, on the other hand, is a daily, unsociable husband.
Fran convinces Sam to sell the car factory and travel with her to Europe and enjoy life. She had long been tired of talking to the same people for twenty years. Daughter Emily and her husband began their post-marital honeymoon. She also wanted her husband, Sam, to travel with her to Europe.
Friend Tabby accuses Sam of being too impulsive, sells the auto plant, and turns down the position of vice president of the Union Depot. It's all because he has a stupid, selfish, and unruly wife. But Sam felt it would be worth it to get to know himself through this trip to Europe and to get to know Fran better.
Daughter Emily returns to town on her honeymoon, and Sam and Fran embark on the Queen Mary to begin their honeymoon. After queen Mary set sail, Sam focused on the view of the sea, while Fran thought about what to wear for dinner, making her even more compelling.
At dinner, they met Lacan. Sam ignored Fran's vanity and confessed that it was their first trip. He felt that there was no need to dress up for dinner. In order to resolve the embarrassing situation, Laken gave his wine to Fran and praised her: "Mrs. Du is so beautiful, it doesn't matter if she doesn't dress up." ”
For the rest of the day, Fran stayed with Lacan. They danced, dined, and talked together, while Sam still focused his attention on the seascape and the lighthouse. On deck, he met Edith, who was watching the view with him.
Edith is a Michigan native. After marrying her husband, she had a British household registration. After the divorce, she lived alone in Italy.
The longer Laken and Fran were in contact, the bolder they became. In the evening before Sam returned, he kissed Fran. Fran pursues the thrill of stealing, but is ashamed of betraying her husband. When Laken's invitation was rejected, he was humiliated by Fran.
"You took advantage of me, and I showed what you expected."
"What do I expect from you?"
"Isn't this kind of thing a willing to fight, a willing to be beaten?"
"Civilized people should understand that it is appropriate to stop."
"You, a married civilized person, are a bit of a fuss."
"It's not a small thing for me."
"I would like to advise you again, to give up everything you have not yet completed, lest you be unable to clean up."
"Am I not worthy of your incompetence?"
"You don't deserve your ambitions, and any schoolgirl is better than you." You let me see your childish mentality, you think you are the first beauty, but in your bones it does not match, it is a pity. ”
Humiliated by Laken, Fran never wanted to go to London again. Sam also had to abandon his tour of the London Depot and go to France with Fran.
After coming to Paris, Sam wants to see Napoleon's tomb with Fran and go sightseeing in the streets of Paris. Fran, on the other hand, indulged in hairstyles and then spent time with the impoverished nobles who held the title of duke. Fran also met her second lover, Yanois Lin.
Sam waits for Fran at lepe's Café while she goes on a date with Yanoislin. At Fran's birthday party, while Sam entertains guests, she is secretly having an affair with Yanoislin.
The rational and intelligent Edith was the first to discover Fran's restless heart. She vaguely warned her not to overtake the thunder pool. Sam, though grinning, is definitely a good husband worth trusting.
In Paris, they have been staying for a month . Fran attends a daily ball with poor nobles whom Sam does not like. Sam wanted to leave Paris as soon as possible and return to the United States he missed. Or they can embark on an autumn voyage to visit the Mediterranean, Germany, Venice, rome.
Fran is immersed in a passionate love affair with Yanoislin, and she takes the opportunity to persuade her husband to return to the United States alone so that she and Yanoislin can spend more time together.
Sam chafed at his wife's decision to leave him alone. After some arguments, Fran reveals that she has already rented a summer villa in Geneva, Switzerland. Sam compromised again and wanted to stay and accompany Fran. But Fran was tired of staying with Sam. She wanted Sam to give her freedom and let her live the life she wanted.
Sam returned to the United States alone. He wrote to Fran again and again, hoping that she would return to him, but all the letters never returned. Twenty years married, he had long been unable to get used to the absence of Fran around him.
After Sam left, Fran spent the whole day with Yanois Lin. He shows affection to Fran and asks her to burn Sam's letter and forget about living with him in the past.
Fran wrote to Sam that she would remain in Paris. The brief few words didn't mean anything to be with Sam. Even Maeti, the wife of her best friend Tabby, found the problem in the letter.
Sam asks his friend to help find out the whereabouts of Yanoislin. The address to which the telegram was replied was his wife Fran's summer cottage.
Sam returns to Paris, and Instead of taking him to the villa, Fran stays at a hotel and sleeps with Sam on the pretext of hot weather.
Not long after arriving at the hotel, Sam called Yanois Lin. He personally ends his wife's infidelity and resumes their new journey with Fran. They plan to return to the United States in December. Emily will give birth to her first baby in December.
Sam and Fran want to return to their former peaceful days, but Fran still does not want to return to the United States where he has lived for twenty years. In Vienna, Fran soon falls in love with Sam's friend Kerter. When Curt decides to marry her, she decisively abandons Sam, even though Sam persuades her to calm down for a few months to determine Kert's feelings for her.
"If it's so bad, it has to stop. I'm willing to give everything to make you happy. I love you, you know it well. If, as you said in Paris, we come back, we will have to return to our homeland. ”
"You want to make me happy like this?"
"I don't want to take any chances. I know that your friendship with Kerter is nothing, but you will fantasize. ”
"You think I will?" Really? I love Kerth, Kerter loves me, and I'm going to marry him. He proposed to me tonight, and the moment I found you hiding behind the door, I made up my mind. You peep and don't hear anything. You don't have to play the role of an innocent victim anymore. You never understood me, didn't understand my thoughts, my needs, and my sacrifices. Ketter and I will be happy. I resisted with my life, and you can't pull me back. ”
Sam was devastated, but still kissed And said goodbye to Fran.
"Did I tell you today that I love you?"
Sadly Sam continued his journey alone. He regularly sent telegrams to Fran, hoping she would change her mind. On check-in at the Naples hotel, he met Edith again.
Together, Edith discovers that Sam, while not socializing, is an extremely interesting person. He is good at cooking, hands-on skills, and fishing. Edith invites Sam to come and stay with her. He motorized the dinghies of the past, fished, and planned to buy a plane from Russia to take Edith on a route from Moscow to Seattle.
Fran did not wait for Kert's wedding, but waited for negotiations with the "would-be" mother-in-law. Ketter's mother strenuously opposed their union. She hated Fran's disdain for abandoning her daughter, and couldn't accept Kett marrying a married woman older than him. The "old wife and young husband" were even less able to make Fran raise children for Kerter.
"Ma Bao" Of Kerter obeyed his mother's wishes and abandoned Fran. At this moment, Fran remembered her husband Sam.
Fran's phone went directly to Edith's home. She no longer wanted to divorce Sam.
Edith had just gotten the love, and after a phone call slipped away. She kept Sam. She was willing to love Sam well and go with him to fulfill his space dream. But for Sam, taking care of Fran has become a habit of Sam's twenty-year marriage. He could not escape responsibility for Fran.
After reuniting with Sam, Fran still dictates to her husband and uses slander to cover up her mistake of cheating and cheating.
"You don't seem too focused on our reunion. I thought you would accept me. When I think back on everything, I don't blame myself. Because you have a lot of mistakes! ”
Sam could no longer continue dining with Fran. He asked the waiter to help him get his luggage from the cabin. At this moment he made up his mind to leave Fran.
"I'm not with you anymore. I saw clearly that it was impossible between us. ”
"This is the man I've loved for twenty years?"
"The man who has loved you."
"You didn't learn from our pain, and I thought you really wanted to come back to me."
"I tried."
"I know it's going to be different, but I'll give you a chance."
"I don't want a chance. I've had enough. ”
"So what do I do?"
"I don't know, you're younger."
"You want to go back to the ruined willows of Naples?"
"Yes, I married her, and I'm going back to do things."
"Can you really forget me?"
"Maybe not, but it's better than sending you to death."
Edith leaned against the porch, and after Sam left, she kept looking in the direction he had left. And her lover didn't disappoint her in the end. Sam's repaired dinghy brought him back to Edith's side.