1991年圣诞节前，皇室成员相聚在桑德灵汉姆庄园，戴妃却迟到了。皇室冷漠古板、丈夫钟情他人，让她失去了快乐。叛逆行为是她无声的反抗。可是皇室只要她做个会微笑的工具人，对她本人毫不关心。服装师闺蜜被调走，和丈夫沟通失败，令戴安娜更加绝望。 圣诞晚宴将至，华丽的礼服、精美的珠宝都成为锁住戴妃的藩篱。忍无可忍之下，她终于冲破束缚，公然从丈夫面前带走两个儿子，与他们度过了一个普通但快乐的，属于她自己而不是威尔士王妃的圣诞节。
Set against the backdrop of a powerful and emotional benefit performance by Eddie Vedder, Matter of Time chronicles the fight to cure epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare and often fatal genetic disease.
片山辉彦（山田孝之 饰），男，29岁，赤富士药品公司王牌销售员。某天他意外晕倒，醒来后因头部受到冲击而出现暂时性的失忆症，他的包中藏有一枚戒指，但是究竟这是要送给谁的却毫无头绪。与此同时，三个背景和性格完全不同的女性交替出现在片山的身边，分别是同公司的前辈美貌和才华兼备的住友智惠（小西真奈美 饰）、开朗乐观的风俗店巨乳娘潮崎惠（真木阳子 饰）以及在公园表演傀儡戏经常伤痕累累的铃木和歌子（池胁千鹤 饰）。似乎片山一直在与她们同时交往，随着戒指争夺战的升级，片山也渐渐被带回失忆前的原点…… 本片根据芥川奖获奖作家伊藤たかみ的同名小说改编。
Elliot is staying with her ex’s new girlfriend while attending a medical trial for her recent, unexplained loss of hearing. As she reconfigures her relationship with her (sonic) environment and herself, an intimate connection sparks between the two women. With captivating performances by Victoria Pedretti and Maya Hawke, this loose adaptation of director Eliza Barry Callahan’s semi-autobiographical novel The Hearing Test captures the uneasy process of letting go and embracing change with sensitive warmth.
