电影改编自美国作曲家科尔·波特的生平。
故事发生在法国巴黎,美国人波特(凯文·克莱恩 Kevin Kline 饰)带着对未来的憧憬和远大梦想来到了这个处处充满了艺术气息的都市,在这里,波特结识了名叫琳达(艾什莉·贾德 Ashley Judd 饰)的美丽女子,琳达的出现重新唤起了波特对于女人的渴望,两人之间的关系迅速热络了起来,之后走入了婚姻的殿堂。
对于波特的事业,琳达十分关注,她将波特的作品推荐给了著名作曲家欧文(基思·艾伦 Keith Allen 饰),以此为契机,波特逐渐在业内站稳了脚跟。随着波特的逐渐出名,他和琳达之间的关系开始产生了裂缝,相爱但无法相守的两人沉浸在痛苦之中,一个家庭眼看就要破碎。
Characterized by deconstructivism and philosophical references and by briefly exposing the good, bad, and ugly periods of the country's history, this post-modern film portrays the abstract need for guidance of Germany following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
While out riding in the country, wealthy New Yorker Alec Walker meets young widow Julie Eden, and a relationship quickly develops. However, Alec has not told her that he is already locked into a loveless marriage to the avaricious Maida, who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife. A completely coincidental car crash alerts the two women to each other's existence, a situation to which they react very differently.