本片由五个短片组成,改编自20世纪初美国著名短篇小说家欧·亨利O. Henry的五部短篇小说:The Clarion Call / 嘹亮的号角(1908年)、The Ransom of Red Chief / 红毛酋长的赎金(1910年)、The Gift of the Magi / 麦琪的礼物(1905年)、The Cop and the Anthem / 警察与赞美诗(1904年)、The Last Leaf / 最后的常春藤叶(1907年)
Follows the boundary-pushing Rubinstein as she selects Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet and requests something bold and sensual. Ravel finds himself incapable of writing anything, but in the process of reliving his memories, facing his old loves and failures, the composer ends up creating his greatest success ever: Boléro