Maria Vargas（艾娃·加德纳 Ava Gardner 饰）一个美丽、敏感、渴望爱情的西班牙女子，本在一家酒吧跳舞。被美国导演Harry Dawes（亨弗莱·鲍嘉 Humphrey Bogart 饰）挖掘，带到好莱坞，成了万众瞩目电影明星。但她却与投资Harry电影的老板Kirk Edwards矛盾重重，后又和南美洲的富人Bravano纠缠不清。直到她遇见深爱她的那个男人——伯爵Vincenzo，两人终于结婚，但悲剧却无法避免。就如Vincenzo的家族格言一样：该来的，总会来。美人已逝，空留遗憾。
该剧本由André Téchiné和Régis de Martrin-Donos撰写，以即将退休的技术和科学警察的特工Lucie为中心。一对年轻夫妇（一个小女孩的父母）来到他的小区，这让他孤独的日常生活感到不安。当她爱上她的新邻居时，她发现父亲Yann是一名反警察活动家，有着沉重的犯罪记录。Lucie的职业良知与她帮助这个家庭的愿望之间的道德冲突将动摇她的确定性......
During one fatal afternoon in an empty elementary school the two mothers of Armand (6) and Jon (6) get into a desperate fight to be believed when one son is accused of crossing boundaries against the other. All means are used, and soon a blend of madness,
Leila George stars, alongside her mother Greta Scacchi, as a young woman so determined to save her drug-addicted brother that she locks him in a room to get clean.
