When their son, Esben, moves out, Kjeld and Vibeke decide to relocate to a smaller home. They discover that the apartment they lived in back when they were students, is up for sale and agree to buy ...

　　善良的雅各•彼得森（麦德斯•米科尔森 饰）在印度开了一间孤儿院，致力救济无家可归的孤儿。当他的孤儿院正面临倒闭危机的时候却收到了一笔来自一名叫乔真（罗夫•拉斯加德 饰）的丹麦商人的大方捐款。但这名商人却附带了一个条件，他要求雅各离开印度，前往去参加他女儿的婚礼奥兰多·布鲁姆　　为了得到捐款，雅各独自前往了丹麦。因为答应了孤儿院里某个孩子要为他办生日会，所以雅各也订好了回印度的行程...