薑越老越辣，奧斯卡得主米高堅傾情演繹，老而彌堅。八十臨近的兩位老友記弗萊德和米奇，在阿爾卑斯山下的酒店享受人生。弗萊德是退休作曲兼指揮家，無意重操故業，但電影導演米奇卻活到老做到老，仍在趕緊完成最新劇本，希望可以繼續拍下去。他們兩人都心知肚明，大限日子已經進入倒數階段，他們只能珍惜餘下來的日子，直至最後一口氣。身邊比他們青春的人，盡情耗盡光陰。日子不多的他們，卻用有別於一般人的方法渡過最後的時光。奧斯卡最佳女配角麗素慧絲及奧斯卡影后珍芳達客串演出，兩項金球獎提名，綻放夕陽之光。

Fred and Mick are approaching their eighties, they are well aware of the fact that their days are numbered. Every day is an earned day, and every experience may not have another go-over. Even though they are very great friends, they have very different approaches to life. Mick, a director, still wants to write another screenplay, hoping it to be made into a film as soon as possible. Fred, a retired composer and conductor, has long left his career behind. As they go on a vacation in the beautiful foothills of the Alps, they are going to encounter experiences that would give them a new insight on youth, time, and what growing old really means.