Ryan is a womanizing stockbroker whose unethical business practices cost him his job and his trader's license. Unable to find another job, he is forced to move in with his equally self-involved (and completely oblivious) girlfriend, Cindy, an insensitive advice columnist on the cusp of losing her own job due to her poor advice and slow work habits. Finding that the truth behind his moving in has nothing to do with romance, Cindy runs off with another man. Ryan decides to stay in the apartment and earn a living by doing Cindy's job. Ryan establishes himself with Cindy's editor, Page, as Cindy's go-fer, collecting Cindy's paychecks and mail and delivering her columns. Initially as hopelessly inept as Cindy in giving advice, he nearly gets the column canceled. However, he rapidly grows into the job and the combination of forced introspection, research and the growing knowledge that he is touching other people's lives transforms him. The column becomes an amazing success. Ryan finds his initially superficial attraction to Page growing into love, but he cannot reveal his feelings while he is a deceptive fraud. Meanwhile, Cindy becomes aware of her growing fame, and returns to cash in, at the same time that the owner of a rival newspaper chain attempts to force Page to sell Cindy's column to him.津軽三味線が奏でる、やるせない男女の心象風景。 荒々しい冬の日本海を背景に、都会から逃げてきた男女の揺れ動く心を情感豊かに描き出した斎藤耕一の代表作。 全篇に鳴り響く津軽三味線、挿入される斉藤真一の瞽女の絵など、郷土色溢れるモチーフが映画を盛り上げる。 津軽のさびれた漁村の停留所に降り立つ一組の男女。 東京でバー勤めをしていたイサ子が、いざこざを起こして追われている徹男を追って、生まれ故郷のこの村に帰って来たのだ。 何もない田舎町で退屈する徹男は、盲目の少女ユキと知り合う。 最初はからかうつもりだったが、自分を慕って来るユキに徹男も愛しさを感じるようになる。 ユキは瞽女になるのだと言う。 だが、平穏な日々は長くは続かなかった…。 ◆キネマ旬報ベストテン第1位汉克（弗雷德里克·福瑞斯特 Frederic Forrest 饰）是一名成天跟破旧汽车打交道的机械修理师，弗兰妮（特瑞·加尔 Teri Garr 饰）则在旅行社工作，两人成为情侣一起生活已经五年了，彼此之间的感情十分要好。然而，在五周年纪念日当晚，汉克和弗兰妮却发生了激烈的争吵，冲动之下，两人决定分手。 之后，汉克邂逅了名为莉拉（娜塔莎·金斯基 Nastassja Kinski 饰）的马戏团女郎，两人之间碰撞出了激情的火花。与此同时，弗兰妮亦结识了风度翩翩英俊潇洒的雷（劳尔·朱力亚 Raul Julia 饰）。然而，直到他们真正开始尝试着发展另一段关系时才发现，原来彼此才是他们命中注定的那个人。
