A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

Noel struggles to accept his father's remarriage to Agnes and the arrival of his step-sister, Melody. The two grow up harboring a bitter hatred for each other. When their parents die, Noel becomes Melody's legal guardian, much to her dismay. Later, each now married, the two become business partners and eventually grow closer.

Two lovers, who are oceans apart, discover that distance can either make the heart grow fonder or render it numb with grief.

A final conversation between a recently separated couple on their last night together before parting ways.