因为要照顾外孙女，夫妻俩不得不分居两地，受尽相思之苦。在这一年中，儿女们各自发生很多事，与父母也发生很多纠葛。最终，感受到能与年迈的父母朝夕相处的幸福。
该片表现了失去父母的男孩金豆和失去母亲的儿童远航，从他们的“代理妈妈”纪华和纪真这对姐妹那里重新获得母爱的故事。
MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE is a dark comedy drama that follows the journey of Merit, a U.S. Army Afghanistan veteran who is at odds with her family thanks to the presence of Zoe, her dead best friend from the Army. Despite the persistence of her VA group counselor, the tough love of her mother and the levity of an unexpected love interest, Merit's cozy-dysfunctional friendship with Zoe...
