缠绵悱恻20年，金钱之爱根据以色列移民在美国追逐梦想的真人真事改编。故事开始于1973年的Tel Aviv，在那Izek在脏乱差的环境下成长，街头混混经常光顾的地下赌场就开在他家酒吧的后面。这所赌场是罪恶的温床，逐渐侵蚀着Izek和他的家人。最后迫不得已，举家迁至洛杉矶。为了追逐梦想重头来过，Izek开始了经商之路，购置地产，经营一家汽车修理厂。他春风得意，处处受到幸运女神的眷顾，尤其是当他与Aline坠入爱河之后。但是好景不长，Izek一直想逃离的罪恶一直如影随形，追随他到每一个角落...
　　Spanning over two decades, "For the Love of Money" follows the true account of an Israeli immigrant who searches for his piece of the A merican dream. The story begins in Tel Aviv in 1973, where a young Izek is raised in a seedy, gangster filled illegal casino that operates behind his family's bar. The casino is a haven for unsavory characters who seek to corrupt him to their way of life. When the violence and crime finds its way to him and his family, Izek (Yuda Levi) and his family relocate to Los Angeles. Hoping to start anew, he pursues his ambitions to become a young entrepreneur by developing small businesses, purchasing real estate, and running an auto repair shop. Success seems to find him at every turn and after falling in love with the beautiful Aline (Delphine Chaneac), luck seems to be on his side. However, it isn't long before the world of crime that Izek tried to escape so long ago continues to doggedly follow him every step of the way...

　　When a greedy Las Vegas casino owner threatens to lay off and take away pensions from his low-end staff of janitors, florists, and repairmen, they are forced to take matters into their own hands to straighten the odds.

　　伊桑·霍克执导新片改编自西比尔·罗森的回忆录《树屋回忆》，霍克与罗森共同创作剧本，讲述已故乡村音乐人布雷兹·弗雷的生平故事。音乐人本·迪基、阿莉娅·肖卡特加盟出演。作为美国著名乡村及西部歌手，布雷兹 ·弗雷深受酷爱音乐的德州人霍克喜欢。而弗雷的饰演者本·迪基则与弗雷同为阿肯色人，想必霍克也在演员的选择上考虑到了这一点。原著西比尔·罗森作为弗雷长期女友和灵感缪斯，为弗雷的音乐创作生涯带来无限灵感。

　　故事发生在1987年的美国，阿黛尔（凯特·温丝莱特 Kate Winslet 饰）和亨利（加特林·格里菲斯 Gattlin Griffith 饰）是一对相依为命的母子，一次偶然中，两人在购物途中遇见了满身是血的流浪汉弗兰克（乔什·布洛林 Josh Brolin 饰），误打误撞之下，阿黛尔和亨利将弗兰克带回了家，弗兰克亦诚恳地坦白了他灰暗的过往。原来，弗兰克是一名逃犯，他因为发现深爱的儿子并非自己亲生而在愤怒之中失手杀死了女友曼迪（Maika Buckley 饰）。
　　随着时间的推移，弗兰克和阿黛尔之间的关系越来越亲密，两人决定带着亨利远走高飞，然而，正当计划即将顺利实施之时，亨利却将这个秘密告诉了早熟的女孩莲诺（布丽吉德·弗莱明 Brighid Fleming 饰），这一举动为阿黛尔和弗兰克带来了灾难性的麻烦。