Produced under odd conditions, Benjamin Button climbs to being in reverse an elderly person in a New Orleans nursing home and ages. Twenty years following his arrival, he matches as she grows up to be a dancer, a kid who flits in and out of his life, Daisy. It is the hope that they will come together at the ideal time, that drives Benjamin forward, and also his association with Daisy though he has a wide range of odd experiences over the duration of his life.