桂美(杨惠姗)孤身从南京来到台湾寻找未婚夫未果,暂住表姐家中,却被当下等佣人对待,为摆脱寄人篱下的生活,她委身下嫁遭妻子遗弃的中年男人侯永年(李立群),成为三个孩子的继母,可是因为侯永年的嗜赌如命兼外养女人,令她犹如刚出狼窝又入虎穴。
生下孩子后,桂美为了生计同侯永年远赴日本替人帮佣,又因机缘在当地一家中国餐馆学得一手好厨艺后返回台湾,独立开了“霞飞之家”餐厅,可是在她勤俭持家之时侯永年却故态复萌,而更让她觉寒心的,是长大成人各有成就的子女以及媳婿的自私与无情。。Meeting Jim is a feature length documentary about a journey back to the lifetime of Jim Haynes, an extraordinary 83-year-old man who grabbed with heart and soul the spirit of the 60s and continued to carry it throughout his life. This journey becomes also a physical one when he takes a train from the city of Paris, where he lives, to London and Edinburgh, the cities where he le...。