Dinosaurs are shown roaming an area until they are
wiped out, and the
ice age takes hold. After the ice age ends, the land turns green again. Much later, the area is home to the
Lenni-Lenape people, and a storyline follows a man and woman, their courtship, family, and eventually the woman's death. The man sees a
hummingbird, which is seen periodically throughout the film, after his wife's burial. The area is then part of the estate of
William Franklin,
Benjamin Franklin's son (the last colonial governor of
New Jersey from 1763 until 1776). Right around the turn of the 20th century, the home that becomes the center of most of the film's action is built. Its first tenants are John Harter and his wife, Pauline. Mr. Harter has a deep passion for flying airplanes and later dies of the
Spanish flu. Later inhabitants of the house include the bohemian couple Lee, an inventor, and Stella Beekman, a pin-up model, who live there in the 1940s before and during World War II. Lee invents what becomes the
La-Z-Boy recliner and the couple move to California. The Young family—originally led by Al and Rose—buy the house in 1945, after the conclusion of
World War II. The Youngs raise three children in the house: Richard, Elizabeth, and Jimmy. After an 18-year-old Richard gets his girlfriend Margaret pregnant, they get married and raise their daughter Vanessa in the house. Sometime in the 1970s, Rose suffers a debilitating stroke and as a result, she and Al move to Florida to check into a rehabilitation facility. Al decides to hand the house over to Richard and Margaret, much to Margaret's chagrin. In the early 2000s, sometime after Rose's death, Al moves back in. Not long after, Richard and Margaret divorce, though they remain friends. Richard ultimately ends up selling the house after Al dies. By the mid- to late 2010s, the house is inhabited by Devon and Helen Harris and their son Justin. Helen is devastated when their housekeeper, Raquel, dies of
COVID-19. In the aftermath, Devon and Helen sell the house as well. As an elderly man, Richard takes Margaret—who now has
dementia—to the empty house in 2024. He tries to remind her of several special events they shared "Here" and the time Vanessa, as a child, lost a blue ribbon from school, which finally triggers all her happy memories of their shared lives. The stationary camera then starts to pan away, and shows the only outside shot of the original house as seen from William Franklin's mansion roof. A hummingbird appears in the final scene. ==Cast==