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Lee (Casey Affleck) After learning of the death of his brother Joey (Kyle Chandler) / Lee returned to his hometown of Manchester-by-the-Sea to deal with Joey's funeral. According to Joey's will / Lee will become the guardian of Joey's son Patrick (Lucas Hedges). Lee plans to take Patrick back to Boston / but it is obvious that Patrick is not willing to leave his hometown and friends / but Lee is also unwilling to stay in this sad place for a long time. It turns out that Manchester contains a desperate memory of Lee. His mistake caused the death of three children in the sea of fire / and his wife Randy (Michelle Williams) also left him. Returning to his hometown this time / Li once again met Randy / who had remarried and was about to become a mother. At the same time / Patrick's long-missing mother Alice (Gretchen Mol) also contacted Patrick / hoping that he could become a member of her new family.
李（卡西·阿弗莱克 Casey Affleck 饰）是一名颓废压抑的修理工，在得知哥哥乔伊（凯尔·钱德勒 Kyle Chandler 饰）去世的消息后，李回到了故乡——海边的曼彻斯特处理乔伊的后事。根据乔伊的遗嘱，李将会成为乔伊的儿子帕特里克（卢卡斯·赫奇斯 Lucas Hedg es 饰）的监护人，李打算将帕特里克带回波士顿，但很显然帕特里克并不愿意离开家乡和朋友们，但李亦不愿在这片伤心地久留。
