The story begins in 1958, when Michael was a 15-year-old boy. After a chance meeting and being saved by Hanna (Kate Winslet), Michael fell in love with her. Michael's fate is intertwined with Hanna's from a young boy to becoming a successful lawyer. Love, guilt, responsibility and guilt, all made two people who loved each other so earnestly on sunny days in Berlin not daring to look into each other's eyes after nearly ten years of separation and forever.