The young Marie, daughter of a Thuringian glassblower, violates all traditions after the death of mother and father. To feed herself and her sisters, she became the first female glassblower in the small town of Lauscha in 1890, and her artful glassy Christmas balls find themselves in America.</p>...
<p>拥有壮美风光的北海道，迎来了饱经风霜的夫妇小林笃史（佐藤浩市 饰）和良子（樋口可南子 饰）。夫妇俩原本经营一家机械制造厂，但因经营不善而被迫关张。良子感受到丈夫的失落，因此拜托笃史为他们西式风格的独栋修建石墙。某晚家中进入小偷，良子受到冲撞后受伤。医生建议她重视自己所患的扩张性心肌病，可是良子却对丈夫隐瞒下这个事实，并与来帮助他们修筑石墙的青年杉本彻（野村周平 饰）及其女友纱英（杉咲花 饰）度过一段无忧无虑的梦幻时光。该来的总会到来，携手半生，总有诀别的时刻……
本片根据美国作家Edward Mooney, Jr.2002年发表的小说《The Pearls of the Stone Man》（日译：石を積むひと）改编。</p>...
