Streep is Francesca Johnson, a lonely housewife whose eyes and heart are opened to true love when Robert arrives in Iowa to take pictures of Madison Countys covered bridges.

• 影片中斯特里普扮演的弗朗西丝卡.；约翰逊是一位内心孤独的家庭主妇，她一心追求的是一份真挚的爱情。罗伯特就在此时来到爱荷华州拍摄麦迪逊县的廊桥。