十七世纪的路易十四时代,在肮脏混乱小镇上的少女玛奇丝(苏菲•玛索 Sophie Marceau 饰)以一曲美丽的舞蹈打动了来此演出的莫里哀剧团,玛奇丝跟着剧团来到了巴黎,开始做起了绝世名伶的美梦。然而演员路并不像她想象的顺利,她大多时候只能出演木讷愚蠢的哑人,并且要靠出卖身体的代价来换取演出的机会。诗人拉辛(兰伯特•威尔逊 Lambert Wilson 饰)与宫廷贵族在看戏时看中了玛奇丝,她因此获得了去为路易十四国王表演的机会。并由此与拉辛相识,两人逐渐产生了感情。玛奇丝开始在剧团和拉辛之间徘徊不断,最终决定出演了拉辛的悲剧,并且大获成功,也获得了国王的青睐。而再次演出时她却抱病昏倒,代替她演出的侍女不但打破了她与拉辛之间关于剧目角色的约定,更让她怀疑自己的价值……
Two hapless kidnappers tasked with what appears to be a simple job find out that it's anything but, and end up in the middle of a political conspiracy.
Determined to gatecrash her ex-lover's funeral on glamorous French hideaway Ile-de-Re, former Hollywood siren Helen (Joan Collins) escapes her London retirement home with the help of Priscilla (Pauline Collins), a repressed English housewife stuck in a bad marriage. Pooling their limited resources, they hit the road together by coach, ferry, car and foot in a race to get to the...
The Tsar is having his daughter Zabava marry a charmingly handsome and a handsomely charming Paul, a rich heir and a foreign fancy pants. However, it's a bit of a challenge, since Zabava wants a marriage of love, not of calculation. Her unexpected encounter with sailor Ivan, a simpleton yet an honest and endearing guy, messes up Paul's plans of snatching the crown. Deeply in lo...