晶妹（温明娜 饰）的母亲宿愿（翘征 饰）生前讲过一个有关鹅毛的故事。宿愿过世后，好友林冬（周采芹 饰）、安梅（卢燕 饰）、映映（阮兰丝 饰）联系上了宿愿早年失散的双胞胎女儿。晶妹决定远渡重洋与两位姐姐相认，众人齐聚宿愿家为晶妹践行。聚会上，林冬、映映、安梅各自忆起了被母（奚美娟 饰）抛弃、杀死亲子、等候母亲（邬君梅 饰）的往事，而三人女儿钟韦弗利（富田谭玲 饰）、琳娜（劳伦·汤姆 饰）、罗丝（赵家玲 饰）的婚姻也深受各自母亲的影响。聚会后，晶妹的父亲（冀朝理 饰）讲述了宿愿遗弃双胞胎的真相……Through a series of flashbacks, four young chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China, explore their past. This search will help them understand their difficult mother/daughter relationship.