林淑玲（杨雁雁 饰）跟随着丈夫（李铭顺 饰）从马来西亚搬到了新加坡。林淑玲是一名中文老师，然而，在新加坡，教育体制对于中文教育十分的轻视，这使得教中文的林淑玲在学校里非常的不受重视。与此同时，林淑玲和丈夫之间的婚姻也并不顺利，两人结婚多年，却一直没有小孩，这成为了夫妻恋人之间频繁争吵的导火索。而公公突患中风，作为儿媳，林淑玲承担了大部分照料的责任，这令她感到不堪重负。郭伟伦（许家乐 饰）是林淑玲的学生，两人通过林淑玲的中文课相识，在进行课外辅导的过程中，林淑玲和郭伟伦之间慢慢的产生了逾越了师生关系的情愫。
Former Green Beret Louis Stevens returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses his capoeira skills to kick several drug dealers off of the school property, Kerrigan, one of Stevens' old teachers, sees the impact that Stevens has on the students. Kerrigan gives him the task of teaching Capoeira to a handful of the worst at-risk students at the school.
