故事发生在1914年的英国,维芙(米兰达·理查森 Miranda Richardson 饰)邂逅了名为艾略特(威廉·达福 Willem Dafoe 饰)的男子,此时的艾略特只是在牛津莫顿大学研究现代派诗的青年学生,一见钟情的两人很快就携手步入了婚姻的殿堂,婚后,艾略特展现出了对于写作的巨大热情,维芙百分之百的支持着丈夫,甚至充当了女秘书的角色。 随着时间的推移,艾略特在文坛里的名声渐渐增加,而他和维芙之间的感情却产生了裂痕。《荒原》的出版令艾略特抵达了他人生的第一个高峰,却也给艾略特和维芙的婚姻带来了致命的打击,维芙被诊断换上了神经失调症,遭到了监禁。
Simon arrives in Lund full of anticipation and ready for his life to really begin; but is quickly disappointed by law school. During a violent protest march he meets the anarchistic young woman Max and falls in love. She dazzles him with a world of excess, lies and huge risks and when he realizes the damage that's done, it's already too late to escape
San Francisco Tong hatchet man Wong must execute his boyhood friend Sun. Sun knew his time was up and wrote out his will just prior to Wong showing up at his door. When Sun realizes Wong is there to kill me he tries to set his friend's mind at ease by telling him he is the beneficiary of all Sun's worldly possessions and convinces Wong to promise to take care of Sun's young daughter, Toya San who Sun has bequeathed to become his wife. Years later, when she becomes of age, she marries Wong, now a powerful figure, though she loves evil Harry. When Wong learns Toya will be happier with Harry he allows them to leave. Still later Wong learns that Harry has been deported and since Toya could not prove she was married to someone else she too was deported to China. When Wong learns of this, he goes after them.