在14岁的Benjamin Law眼中，家庭法展现在一个澳大利亚家庭的机能失调的世界中。当本杰明梦想肥皂剧成为明星时，他的父母考虑分居。在一个漫长炎热的昆士兰夏天，一个全神贯注的单簧管少年越来越多地发现自己卷入了别人的戏剧中。

  The Family Law unfolds in the dysfunctional world of one Chinese-Australian family - as seen through the eyes of 14 year-old Benjamin Law. As Benjamin dreams of soap opera stardom, his parents contemplate separation. Over the course of one long, hot Queensland summer, the self-absorbed clarinet-playing teenager increasingly finds himself embroiled in other people's dramas.