Emma Bovary is bored by her country doctor husband and gives in to the affections of several rich suitors as well as the temptation of living beyond her husband's means.
A straight-laced young woman, in fierce denial of being diagnosed with terminal melanoma, finds herself carried away on an impulsive adventure by a queer stranger.
故事发生在第二次世界大战期间,为了躲避战火,坚强的母亲塞西拉(索菲娅·罗兰 Sophia Loren 饰)带着13岁的女儿罗塞塔(艾伦诺拉·布朗 Eleonora Brown 饰)离开了他们的故乡罗马,暂时来到地处偏远的小镇西赛罗定居。在这里,塞西拉结识了准备成为医生的小伙子米凯尔(让-保罗·贝尔蒙多 Jean Paul Belmondo 饰)。 米凯尔是一个生性浪漫的男人,热爱文学,他教罗塞塔识字读诗,久而久之,罗塞塔爱上了他,可是很显然,米凯尔的目光始终锁定在塞西拉的身上。为了帮助塞西拉搞到食物填饱