Two stories, 14 years apart, converge in a suburb of New York. Manuel Esquema, an international financier, whose face is badly scarred, is flying from Miami to help a New York politician negotiate a plea bargain with the Justice Department. Years before, this financier was a fresh-faced cabaña boy at a Miami Beach resort who fell in love with a young woman on holiday with her husband. The husband is now the pol, and he thinks he dispatched the cabaña boy long ago. What are Esquema's plans: revenge, mercy, or a complicated plan to seek again the woman's love? 导演保罗舒瑞德在本片中细腻描写出一段迂回而纠缠多年的三角爱情，由眼神深邃的忧郁小生约瑟夫范恩斯饰演亚伦 一位运用暑假于迈阿密滨海的初级旅馆当效力生的大先生，但他却预想不到这次打工的阅历竟会永远改动他的终身；亚伦在此地邂逅了美丽的艾拉（葛丽倩摩儿），不久后便和她堕入热恋，两人之间独一的阻碍是她担任公职的老公马克（雷李奥塔）... 因难忍与心爱的人区分之苦，亚伦不智地向马克坦认自己对艾拉的爱意，妒火中烧的马克无法忍受绿云罩顶的羞耻因此决议对亚伦痛下杀手，并误以为已成功地除掉情敌；14年后，换了新的身分与面孔的亚伦发现自己对艾拉仍难以忘怀，故决计展开谋划已久的复仇方案，向马克讨回个公允，并夺回今生独一的挚爱…
