After it is announced that an apocalyptic event that will destroy all life in the universe, an astrophysicist and her gardener mother meet in near-future England to decide how to spend the last months of life.

On a trip to Basel, a man falls in love with a middle-aged writer’s muse, creating a love triangle destined to fall apart under the weight of the old writer’s age.

In 1980s Boston, a woman and her family finally collect her mother's ashes almost two years after her death. Despite her father's remarriage and her many siblings' variegated lives, they all come together for a touching tribute to their matriarch's memory.