一枚戒指记录了美丽少女艾瑟尔(雪莉·麦克雷恩 Shirley MacLaine 饰)和英俊男孩泰迪(斯蒂芬·阿梅尔 Stephen Amell 饰)之间真挚而又纯洁的感情,不久之后,泰迪受命要去完成一次飞行任务,临走之际,他将深爱的女人托付给了两人共同的朋友杰克(克里斯托弗·普卢默 Christopher Plummer 饰)。泰迪的一去不回伤透了艾瑟尔的心,在得知爱人再也无法回到自己的身边后,心碎的她嫁给了杰克。
一 peter:"I'm really sorry" ethel:"no need to,it's his time to go" peter:"no,I mean about being late...."
二 ethel:"this house" mary:"it's a kind of strange,coming back to the house he built wihtout him in it" ethel:"hamm"
三 ehtel:"but you must never ever let a man build you a house,as long as you stay there,you just live with him"
四 chuck:"so how do you say three "I"s in spanish?" ... chuck:"I ya ya"
五 queenland:"last time someone used this switch is 50 years ago" ... bombing...
六 ethel:"I will always love you teddy,I will be yours till dead I swear,there will be a room for you in my heart no one else not ever untill I'm leaving my grave"
七 ethel:"I was 21 years old my life was over,you don't know what greeving is"
八 jack:"too much,not though enough"
九 teddy:"I know that chuck, but if something happens to me, you've got to promise you take care of ethel,promise me."
十 jimmy:"sorry america long distance" woman:"you could have walked to her in that time"
十一 jack:"you keep smiling whatever you hear you keep smiling"
十二 ethel:"I had our names put inside of it, you will merry me with it, and then you're going to take it with you, so you can remember me wherever you go"
十三 mary:"he loved you, inspite all of these, he loved you,but you never did,did you? in all his life he knew you locked your love behind this god dammed wall" ethel;“there was no proof,and that was all he left to me." mary:"I don't care about him,you bitch,you shut daddy out,and then you shut me out,all my life,all you have done is to shut us out"
十四 jack:"I was lying of course,I loved ethel so much that it hurts just thinking about her. so did chuck,three guys wanted her and two of them got her and non of them was me."
十五 mary:"I love you chuck,I never heard her say those words, not once." jack:"no,they had good times together,they made good couple." mary:"they did nver spoke,they both knew what was behind that wall and they didn't say a damm thing to eachother in 50 years,neither did you" jack:"oh we didn't need to" mary:"everybody needs to talk" jack:"no honey,everybody needs to cry.but your mother never did,not once,you have to forgive her for that" mary:"you ever wished you pushed in and merried mum?" jack:"oh no, don't ask me that please...I was dead, we all got killed in mind,all of us,and teddy didn't choose me,he could cure and it was my turn to die,I deserved it,I deserved it..."
十六 jack:"she's gone,she's gone,to belfast to look for bits of memory..." mary:"jack,dad never told her,did he, that teddy make him promise to merry her" jack:"no" mary:"why not? it looks she had teddy's permission" peter:"why didn't you say something" jack:"because it was not her godammed business!!!" peter:"you're a coward,dad, and you're a lier,you lied to chuck and teddy, and the worst of all, you lied to yourself"
十七 jimmy:"have you ever been in love mr'quinlan?" quinlan:"no life is hard enough" jimmy:"so is it possible to love more than once?" elinna:"and when I had..." quilan:"that's for sure..." jimmy:"but if you promise to love one person and no one else for ever and ever" quilan:"not make promises like that" elinna:"aof course you can, but can't keep,but it worths making though"