发生在都柏林的十一个故事彼此错综复杂地关联着，一段关系的结束却是另一段关系的开始。科林·法瑞尔饰演一名准备大干一场后收山的逃犯李海夫，设法摆脱疯狂警探杰瑞·林奇的追踪。另一方面，一个叫约翰的超级市场职员想与李海夫同流合污，并期望赢回女友迪拉朵的心。迪拉朵转投一个银行家山姆的怀抱，此君的银行正好是李海夫下手的目标。山姆的太太诺林又意外地成为了决定银行抢劫案的重要人物……Intermission is an urban love story about people adrift and their convoluted journeys in the search for some kind of love. When the desperately insecure and emotionally inarticulate John breaks up with Deirdre to 'give her a little test' his plan backfires leaving her broken-hearted and him alone and miserable. Through chance and coincidence, their break-up triggers a roller coaster ride of interweaving escapades in the lives of everyone around them. Intermission presents a slice of life, the passage between breaking up and making up, exploring how our lives intersect, and the power we all possess to affect the lives of those around us.