在这部夏日情动喜剧/爱情片中,《夏日情动》讲诉了一个关于青春和成长的故事。女主角莉亚(Catherine Kellner饰)是留着一头迷人金发的俏皮美国少女。她略懂中文，在北京生活的这三年，恋情频频受挫，尤其是发现男友背着她劈腿，莉亚受挫的自尊心降到历史最低点，而在这时，她遇到了一位学围棋的中国男孩孙站（耿乐饰）...而另一个平行爱情故事也充满了中西方文化碰撞。美国长大的华裔青年理查德（吴大维饰）需要带过世祖父的骨灰回中国。理查德住进了他“新奶奶”的家，认识了他的亲戚们，其中他的表姐林庆庆（陈湘琪饰）是全家唯一一个懂英文的，慢慢的，理查德对温柔漂亮的庆庆慢慢产生了好感
Leah is travelling the world when she eventually settles in Beijing, China, where she meets Master Sun Zhan who teaches her the art of weiqi. Her path crosses with American Chinese Richard whose family had sent him to Beijing to arrange his grandfather's ashes. A romance soon blossoms between them.
