本故事由真人真事改编,以偏远山区农村为背景,展现九十年代淳朴的民风和当地的一些习俗,及当时年轻人的爱情故事,当感情碰上现实,碰上来自父母的阻拦和种种原因,导致一对相爱的年轻人成为陌路人。
山村里贫穷人家年轻人王顺飞,在自己二十七岁生日那天,结识了弟弟王顺松的同学曹雅娟,两人迅速进入恋爱状态。
但曹雅娟的父母因为王顺飞家庭条件原因极力反对,最后以高额彩礼刁难王顺飞,王顺飞被逼无奈,出门闯荡挣钱,以期达到曹雅娟母亲的彩礼要求,迎娶曹雅娟进门,但在王顺飞出门打工期间,曹雅娟在母亲的劝说逼迫下嫁给她并不喜欢的水泥厂厂长的儿子,赵贵。
半年之后,王顺飞因母亲住院回家探望才得知曹雅娟已为人妇,王顺飞得知此事大受打击,精神颓废至极,迷失自我,每日浑浑噩噩,混吃等死,王顺松和王媛媛二人多次劝告王顺飞,让他振作起来,但王顺飞依旧我行我素,并不理会。
后逢家中小妹王媛媛班主任吴雨晴家访,正是吴雨晴的出现,才使得王顺飞重新振作起来面对生活。
三年之后,曹雅娟虽然嫁给富贵人家儿子赵贵,但是赵贵依然花天酒地,曹雅娟常常独守空房,生活并不幸福。
而王顺飞经过三年打拼,一扫家中贫穷旧貌,生活蒸蒸日上,与吴雨晴也是越走越近。。在小镇上,一个年轻人游手好闲无所事事,于是他决定去纽约碰碰运气。影片讲述了1925年发生在美国西部牛仔的故事,风格搞笑幽默。
A young man who doesn't find a job in his small hometown, tries his luck in New York, but is overwelmed by the life of the city, so decides to try his luck somewhere else after a only a few minutes in New York. He falls off a train near a ranch, where he tries his luck as a cowbowy, being in his own way very sucessful. But he shows what he can do when the farm has to bring a 100 head of cattle to the slaughterhouses of Los Angeles to avoid going bankrupt, against the will of his neighbour who wants a better price. After a shoot-out with the neighbour's men he's the only person on a Los Angeles bound train with 1000 cows....。芬兰是最接近日本的欧洲国家,坐飞机只需要十个小时。幸惠(小林聪美饰)在风光如画的首都赫尔辛基独自经营一家叫做“海鸥食堂” 的日式餐厅,她希望以简单却温暖的传统手卷留住客人的心,只可惜事与愿违,餐厅经常空无一人。后来,绿(片桐入饰)与正子(罇真佐子饰),因为不同原因,先后来到了那里帮忙。
再加上日本文化迷的年轻小帅哥顾客,本来只是驻足指点观望,后来却被肉桂卷香味吸引进来的芬兰老太太们,曾在那里工作过而忘不了原来咖啡机的中年男人,认真地询问如何扎稻草人诅咒老公的中年女人。这些有趣而真实的人,围绕在海鸥食堂周围,结下了淡淡的情谊。。