故事发生在1944年的法国诺曼底,杰罗姆(菲利浦·诺瓦雷 Philippe Noiret 饰)是故事的男主人公,与妻子玛丽(凯瑟琳·德纳芙 Catherine Deneuve 饰)一起居住在拉维城堡。杰罗姆和玛丽过着宁静的生活,但玛丽渴望离开乡下去巴黎追求自己的梦想。
德国军队的驻扎颠覆了他们的生活,玛丽发现自己被一个德国军官迪梦奇(皮埃尔·布拉瑟 Pierre Brasseur 饰)和一个法国间谍同杰罗米(菲利浦·诺瓦雷 Philippe Noiret 饰)同时追求。这个情感纠葛可能会引发复杂的情感冲突。玛丽需要面对她的道德和情感抉择,她应该如何处理这两位男人的爱意以及她自己的梦想?
A seasoned woman from the world of show business, recruits 11 Romanian dancers dreaming of fame and glory to take them to Paris. One of them decides to leave her husband, but he doesn't take it very well and starts on a journey to get back his wife and plenty of hilarious things happen along the way.
Captain Ambrose comes from a long line of distinguished sailors...but is all too susceptible to seasickness. After the war, he buys himself a nautical command on shore; a decrepit amusement pier at the British resort town Sandcastle-on-Sea, whose prim town council has outlawed arcade games as a form of gambling! Running the pier like a naval vessel, the captain's determination to make it a modern, going concern meets steady opposition. But with an unexpected new ally, he pursues a remarkable scheme to liberate his "ship" from land authorities...