影片讲述了美国南方农民本德伦为遵守对妻子的承诺,率全家将其遗体运回家乡安葬的“苦难历程”。整整十天的行程灾难重重:大水差点把棺材冲走,后来拉车的骡子被淹死,大火将遗体焚化。结果长子失去了一条脚,老二发了疯,三子失去心爱的马,女儿打胎不成,反被药房伙计奸污,小儿子也没得到向往的小火车,而本德伦却装上了假牙并娶回了一位新太太。。A writer becomes obsessed with his girlfriend's former boyfriend, now a very successful novelist. To discover if the ex-boyfriend still has feeling for his old love, the writer joins the novelist's group therapy meetings. 一位作家迷恋上了女友的前男友,后者现在是一位非常成功的小说家。为了探究前男友是否对旧爱仍有感觉,作家参加了小说家的小组治疗会议。。