Based upon the latter’s novel of the same name, the story revolves around David, who’s a site manager working on a project to build a tower in La Défense. Pressure is high and complications come thick and fast. One evening, he crosses paths with Victoria. This meeting turns his life upside down and helps him cast off his shackles…
玛格丽特(弗吉尼亚·梅奥 Virginia Mayo 饰)是一名出身尊贵的公主,虽然过着衣食无忧富足奢侈的生活,但玛格丽特却并不感到快乐。因为她无法自由的去选择自己的感情,而是必须听从国王的安排。
一次偶然中,玛格丽特在一条商船上遇见了名为沙巴斯(鲍勃·霍普 Bob Hope 饰)的演员,此时,意外发生了。贪婪的铁驹船长(维克托·麦克拉格伦 Victor McLaglen 饰)劫持了商船,并且绑架了玛格丽特公主要求巨额赎金。为了救玛格丽特,沙巴斯不惜男扮女装,甚至嫁给了海盗羽毛头(沃尔特·布伦南 Walter Brennan 饰)。羽毛头早就不满铁驹船长的独裁统治,他命令沙巴斯去偷取藏宝图。
66岁的施密特先生(杰克•尼科尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰)退休赋闲在家,无所事事的生活让他颇感无聊。每天依旧7点起床,可是陪伴他的只是无聊的字谜游戏和令人生厌的妻子,施密特需要找点事来改变自己的生活,于是他打算资助一位坦桑尼亚的孤儿恩度古,并提笔给他写了第一封信。妻子的忽然离世让他的生活显得更加冷清,他曾至开始想念那个乏味的女人,可是就在这时,他在妻子的换衣间里找到妻子和另一个男人的情书。施密特决定独自驾车去旅行,他去了很多曾经生活过的地方,回忆当年感慨良多。在一时冲动亲吻一位有夫之妇之后,他慢慢的原谅了自己的妻子。女儿的婚姻比自己想像的更糟,平庸的丈夫和不可思议的家庭让他对女儿的未来愈加担忧,然而这一切都非他所能改变。旅途中他从未停止给恩度古写信,在信里,施密特详尽的描述着自己的生活和困惑。当施密特参加完女儿的婚礼,回到家时意外的收到恩度古的回信,看着那些简单的文字和恩度古充满童真的图画,施密特忽然泪如泉涌……
Waldo and Irene have been living with Margit for the four years that they have been engaged. Margit has planned the wedding and the honeymoon - in fact, Margit plans everything down to what they will have for breakfast every day. The only problem is that Waldo is a milquetoast and Irene does not want to be married to a milquetoast. So she says she is in love with Charlie, a bohemian artist/producer who lives in a trailer behind Spike's Place. When Margit confronts Charlie about giving up Irene, Charlie sees that she is the one for him. To make everyone happy, Charlie will have to help Waldo get a backbone. Written by Tony Fontana {tony.fontana@spacebbs.com}