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Nick and Charlotte are a married couple. As both are more than busy earning money, there is no time for love or sex - only Tuesday. Soon, Charlotte finds a lover, Luis, who is an unsuccessful, married artist. He and his wife Eva also have not time for sex, as Eva has to support her artist and the couple掇 3 and 6 year old kids by working in a restaurant.
The secret affair of Luis and Charlotte lasts quite a while, they decide to spend a romantic week in Venice, Italy. But by accident, Eva finds out about the couple and their destination. She forces Nick, Charlotte掇 husband, to join her on a trip to Venice in order to restore her marriage as well as his. On the way from Munich, Germany, where the first half of the story takes place, to Venice, Eva is car breaks down somewhere in Alps, so she, Nick, and her two children walk and hitchhike the rest of the way. They arrive without money, passports, credit cards, their cloths torn and burnt, on a Friday evening, which means that they have to spend the weekend without any support from the German embassy.
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出軌鴛鴦──愛情微妙論
＜出軌鴛鴦＞的劇本絕對可以用一個「妙」字來形容，以兩對夫妻為人物基礎，經過精心細緻的舖排，帶出了個人對於愛情和夢想的追求與堅持。
兩對男女，Luis與Charlotte偷情，Eva與Nick鬥氣，劇本在舖排上花在後者的篇幅較多，實在，後一對遠較前一對可愛，也更令觀眾感動。
四人這次威尼斯之旅，原來也是他們對於各自生命重新發現的旅程：Charlotte對Luis的愛是一種「精神之愛」，她欣賞對方的藝術才華；而Luis對Charlotte的卻是「物質之愛」，金錢是幫助他達成藝術成就的資源，他們之間共同享受的又是一種「肉體之愛」，那是在彼此原有的婚姻中得不到的。但是，當Charlotte感到那份「精神之愛」被變質為「物質之愛」時，她接受不了，因為那只會將Luis變成了另一個Nick；當Luis期望Charlotte能夠幫助他實踐其「物質之愛」時，又突顯了他本性上的自私。最後，Charlotte的決定，雖然賠上了這段愛，還只是避免在情路上一錯再錯。
率性而為的Eva，遇上了在萬事上計過算過的Nick，是一種「感性」與「性性」的鬥爭。他們在彼此的身上發現到各自於生命裡失落了的東西：Eva於鋼琴上重拾了失落的夢；Nick卻在對方的扶持中找回於生命中冒險與嘗試的勇氣。兩人由彼此對抗到彼此欣賞，再由彼此愛慕到後來甚至願意為對方放下各自虛偽的婚姻，絕對是大快人心。Nick最後用行動去證明自己對Eva的愛，又真的是「就算為妳犧牲，死也願意」；就算是一個多麼「理性」的人，內裡還是有他的「感性」。
＜出軌鴛鴦＞中，這兩段錯體姻緣，一段越走越近，另一段卻越走越遠，全決定於每個人物對愛情的實踐；也許，正如Eva的小女兒一樣，不是不懂說話，只是不說無謂的話，是以她對Nick說的第一句說話，是真心真意的「我愛你」。因為，愛，不只是一句說話，更是要用行動實踐；同樣，愛，不能錯，就算是愛錯了，也不能再錯。
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