霍金（埃迪·雷德梅恩 Eddie Redmayne 饰）和简（菲丽希缇·琼斯 Felicity Jones 饰）相识于一场舞会上，两人初次见面交谈甚欢，颇有一番相见恨晚的意味。之后，霍金大胆的邀请简参加舞会，二人以此为契机，陷入了热恋之中。
不幸的是，一次昏迷令霍金被确诊患上了罕见的肌萎缩性侧索硬化症（ALS），医生坦言他只剩两年的生命，被病魔折磨的霍金陷入了抑郁之中，然而简并没有因此而抛弃他...
Luigi is engaged to Cinzia, he has a good job and his life runs quietly. But unexpectedly his cousin Sonia knocks at his door. She lived in Venezuela with her parents but they have disappeared and she...