In 1981, AIDS appeared in New York as an unprecedented immune deficiency disease. Because it mainly occurred among gay men, it was also called "gay disease" at the time. Ned (Mark Ruffalo) is a radical gay writer. When he saw his friends dying one after another and the government's inaction, he was indignant and launched the Gay Health Crisis Organization, calling on the government and the public to pay attention to this impending plague. Emma (Julia Roberts), a female doctor with half paralysis, is one of the few medical staff who has been highly alert to the AIDS epidemic from the beginning, and is also Ned's important heterosexual ally. In the movement, Ned met Phoenix (Matt Bomer), a New York Times reporter, and the two fell in love. However, Phoenix was eventually diagnosed with the infection, and the grieving Ned had only two fronts to fight on, love and career. Bruce (Taylor Kitsch), the chairman of the Health Crisis Organization, is Ned's best friend, but his style of doing things is completely opposite to that of the aggressive Ned. Executive Director Tommy (Jim Parsons) has been trying to balance the two, but he cannot eliminate the growing differences, and a breakup is imminent. At this moment, AIDS has been spreading in the United States for four years... The HBO TV movie "The Normal Heart" is adapted from the Tony Award-winning play of the same name. The author Larry Kramer personally experienced the AIDS storm in the 1980s. He used himself as a prototype and wrote the lives and feelings of the gay people and AIDS patients in New York into the script. The film not only depicts the real and complex face of the early AIDS movement, but also presents the twists and turns and necessity of gay people fighting for their rights. No matter what era and environment you are in, it should be your birthright to love and pursue love.