很多年前，年青的丹麦诗人凯尔·格鲁森突感灵感丧失，这令他万分苦恼。某天，他在图书馆读到挪威女作家西格丽德·温塞特的小说《新娘，主人，十字架》，凯尔为西格丽德的文才所折服，决定启程前往挪威拜访这位女作家以寻找灵感。他落脚在西格丽德一个远房亲戚的农场，并在此结识了美丽的女孩伊吉博格，两个年轻人陷入热恋。然而伊吉博格的父亲已将女儿许配给一个粗俗丑陋的男孩，凯尔被迫和爱人分开，带着无限落寞返回丹麦。时光流转，岁月飞逝，身处挪威的伊吉博格和远在丹麦的凯尔久久思念着对方，时刻等待着再次相逢…… 　　本片荣获2007年第79届奥斯卡最佳动画短片奖。To illustrate happenstance, a woman narrates the story of how her parents met. It begins in a small apartment in Copenhagen, where a Danish poet worries that he'll run out of ideas. He loves the work of Sigrid Undset, so his psychiatrist suggests he visit her in Norway to talk about writing. He sets out, and there begins a tale of rain, romance, life trying no to imitate art, a slippery barn plank, a careless mailman, a hungry goat, a broken thumb, and a crowded train.