牛爱国（毛孩饰演）是县城里的鞋匠，他姐叫牛爱香（刘蓓饰演）。牛爱国要离婚，牛爱香想结婚。牛爱香年轻时谈恋爱受到伤害，直到快40岁才为了找一个能说话的人，和能说会道的厨师宋解放（范伟饰演）结婚，可是婚后却发现俩人也没话说。弟弟牛爱国因为“说得着”和庞丽娜（李倩饰演）结婚，然而经历了10年婚姻后，他们彻底没话说了。牛爱国继而发现老婆出轨婚纱店的蒋老板（喻恩泰饰演），他上演了一系列追踪、捉奸、拖着不离婚的戏码，内心经历了愤怒、冷静到释然的激烈过程。当牛爱国面临崩溃的时候，其他人压根不在意他，甚至是他最亲的战友和姐姐都无法对他的绝望和耻辱感同身受，只是劝他忍了。最后，牛爱国在偶遇的老同学章楚红（孙茜饰演）那里听来一句话：“过日子是过以后，不是过以前。”他仿佛一下子看到了生活的出路。A portrait of modern people who have forgotten how to converse, Someone to Talk to is Liu Yulin's feature film debut and was based on the book of the same title by Liu Zhenyun. Cobbler Aiguo is in conflict with his wife, while his older sister, street food vender Aixiang, considers marriage later in life. Both desperately want to communicate with someone, though their own situations are at opposite poles. Aiguo then breaks up with his wife and Aixiang marries divorcée Jiefang. Aiguo runs into his childhood friend Chuhong while searching for his wife and falls into conversation with her. It turns out that she is also divorced as a result of communication failure and it seems Aixiang and Jiefang can't get along either. Why does their communication fail like that? How come Aiguo can converse so comfortably with Chuhong? Liu Yulin highlights the idea that Aiguo and his wife, Aixiang and Jiefang are not unusual, but it is universal among modern people of today.