Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a married women in her thirties, who tutors him in the lessons of love and romance. Maya is only the first of many mature women that Andras will meet through his teenage and young adult life.
Sue Thomas, une jeune femme atteinte de surdité quitte sa ville natale afin de réaliser son rêve de travailler pour le FBI. Accompagnée de son chien de support pour malentendants, Lévi, elle réussit à se rendre utile grâce à son excellente capacité à lire sur les lèvres.