在这部往蔚蓝海岸的单程票剧情片中,尽管心脏和眼睛都不太好，老乔治的心智可是清明得很。他发现不孝子女们在他还没死就开始算计他的财产，便施展了些手段反击回去，独自一人踏上旅途，前往法国蔚蓝海岸，要去寻找年轻时的情人。导演以幽默温暖的手法，处理了面对死亡的主题。《龙纹身的女孩》的史凡柏提托贝因乔治一角再度拿下瑞典奥斯卡金甲虫奖影帝殊荣。
When George (Sven-Bertil Taube), a half-blind widower, learns that his children (Malin Morgan, Dan Ekborg) have conceived an elaborate plan to get their hands on his assets before he dies, he must confront his life choices. After catching his young home help Maria (Rebecca Ferguson's screen debut) red-handed in the act of stealing, George blackmails her into assisting him in a counterattack, triggering off a chain reaction in the family. George's children discover that he has a secret mistress in France.
