在晴朗的日子里

When Frank, a Glaswegian shipyard worker, is made redundant at age of 55, he falls to pieces and broods his life away until one day, Danny, a friend of his, jokes that, if he liked, he could swim to France across the English Channel. But the idea, crazy as it sounds, finds an echo in Frank's mind and he soon decides he will do it, thus giving his shattered life a new meaning. Hiding his plans from Joan, his loving wife, who incidentally is taking lessons to become a bus driver without Frank knowing it, he starts training with three of his friends as dutiful coaches.

55岁的弗兰克在苏格兰的一家造船厂工作，原本他以为自己的人生会在这家船厂中平淡无奇的完蛋，却没有想到工厂会突然将他解雇。直到离开工厂的那一刻，弗兰克才意识到自己刚丢掉了这份工作，对上了岁数的他来说相当不错。而现在，找到新工作对他来说已经成了不可能的任务。妻子琼的温馨蜜意没法替弗兰克摆脱沮丧的心情，多年养成的工作和生活习惯一朝改变，让弗兰克无所适从，使他变得更加浮躁。更可气的是他那已经长大成人的儿子，偏偏在这个时候和老爹交恶。这些发生在生活中的变故让弗兰克意识到，他必须要再次面对选择，不能继续沉沦。自认还算勇敢的弗兰克对自己的泳技颇有信心，他决定为自己的人生最后在拼搏一次——横越英吉利海峡！