At age 9, young Alvy Singer is too intellectual for his own sake to the point of having a nervous collapse while doing his homework. "The universe is expanding" he says to his therapist once his family realizes Alvy doesn't want to do anything anymore because he's afraid of the world and the univers…

Alvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.