昆乔伽马·托马斯是一个寡妇,独自生活在村子里。由于丈夫和唯一的孩子相继去世,她脾气暴躁,情绪低落,人们总是取笑她。孩子们会按她的门铃,然后跑开,这让她很恼火。有一天,她从未谋面的孙女葛莉来看望她。起初,昆乔伽马并不喜欢葛莉,但她们很快就变得亲密无间。A young girl on an unannounced visit changes the lives of her lonely grandmother and several other people in the neighbourhood by her joie de vivre.