莱拉(凯丽•拉塞尔 Keri Russell 饰),一个出色的大提琴手;路易斯(乔纳森•莱斯•梅耶斯 Jonathan Rhys Meyers 饰),一名流浪的爱尔兰歌手。一个月色迷离的晚上,两人相遇了。度过难忘的一晚后,莱拉那专横的父亲又强逼她继续踏上音乐会的旅程。路易斯因等不到恋人失望之下离开了;而莱拉发觉爱人走后,独自伤心的等待肚中的孩子出生。岂料几个月后莱拉遭遇了一场车祸,宝宝亦随之夭折。孰料,莱拉的宝宝其实并没有死,而是被她狠心的父亲送到了孤儿院。一晃眼10多年过去了,生活在孤儿院的少年奥古斯特(弗莱迪•海默 Freddie Highmore 饰)坚信自己的父母还在世上,于是踏上了漫漫寻亲路。
“Close to Me talks about a ‘man who watches’. Luca [Riccardo Scamarcio] is married to Sara [Maria Chiara Giannetta], a woman who’s richer than he is and who recently turned 40 years old. He is a crisis-riddled teacher who, during the lockdown, ends up being a spectator, watching the life of Amanda (Mariela Garriga), his new neighbour. He decides to bridge the gap that separates them, with disastrous consequences.
A series of events, apparently casual, lead Silvia Monteferrante to suspect that there was something else behind the accidental death of her ex-husband.