里奇(肖恩•克里斯汀森Shawn Christensen 饰)是一个早就对生命失去了全部热情的抑郁男子,终于,他再也无法忍受精神上的重负,决定自杀。然而,就在他割了腕,徘徊在死亡线上的这个节骨眼,很久都没有联系的姐姐玛姬(埃米•罗森Emmy Rossum 饰)突然打来了电话,请求里奇去照顾她的小女儿索菲亚(法蒂玛•普泰西克 Fatima Ptacek 饰),一番天人交战之后,里奇决定先将自杀的事情放一放。 就这样,里奇见到了索菲亚,这个早熟的小姑娘给予了他很深的影响,随着时间的推移,索菲亚和里奇之间建立了信任,可惜的是,索菲亚的依赖并不能够让里奇放弃自杀,他的下一个自杀计划已经提上了日程。A troubled young man and his strait-laced niece embark on a thrilling odyssey through New York City in this heartrending drama based on an Oscar-winning short. As his life hits rock bottom, 20-something Richie decides to end it all, only to have his half-hearted suicide attempt interrupted by an urgent request from his sister to babysit her precocious daughter. So begins a madcap tour of Manhattan after dark, as uncle and niece find unexpected bonds in the unlikeliest of places.