Born under circumstances, Benjamin Button climbs into being in reverse as an elderly person in a New Orleans nursing home and ages. Twelve years after his arrival, he matches Daisy, as she grows to be a dancer, a child who flits in and out of his lifetime. It's the expectation they will come at the ideal time, that pushes Benjamin, and also his connection with Daisy though he's got all sorts of odd experiences over the duration of his lifetime.