在这部老船匠剧情片中,被称为“疯狂船长”的老隐士脾气古怪，每天骑着自行车采花，眺望大海，扫墓，看似正常的生活却流露出难以令人接受的气质，即便是他自己的女儿也无法与他很好的沟通。他拒绝所有人的帮助，坚持独自居住。面对镇上调皮捣蛋的“恶霸”，他十分看不惯，这也使得他同意帮助一名年轻的孤儿不被当地恶霸欺负，但条件是孤儿要帮助船长建造一艘船。这不可思议的关系让两人维系在一起。最后他们决定驾船离开这座令他们彼此都充满烦恼的村庄。
A bitter old hermit known around town as 'Captain Crazy' reluctantly agrees to help a young orphan avoid the local bullies so long as he agrees to help him finish his half-built boat. The two gradually forge an unlikely bond, and the boat becomes their one chance to escape from the seaside village that harbors their troubles.
