Original: In 1912, the upper-class 17-year-old Rose (Kate Winslet) boards the ship in Southampton, England with her fiancé Caledon "Cal" Hockley (Billy Zane), the son of a Pittsburgh steel tycoon, and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater (Frances Fisher).
Simplified: In 1912, 17-year-old society girl Rose DeWitt Bukater boards the ship's first class suites with her fiance, steel magnate Caledon Hockley, and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, in Southampton.