故事发生在1957年的英国，片污本尼（明妮·德里弗 Minnie Driver 饰）和伊芙（Geraldine O'Rawe 饰）和她们的小学同学南（萨弗蓉·布罗斯 Saffron Burrows 饰）重逢了，片污借由南，一位名叫杰克（克里斯·奥唐纳 Chris O'Donnell 饰）的男子介入了两人的生活。杰克被热情活泼的本尼深深的吸引，向她展开了热烈的攻势，没过多久，两人就走到了一起。与此同时，南也遇见了年长且富有魅力的西蒙（科林·费斯 Colin Firth 饰）。然而，内心复杂的南在天主教观念的趋势之下勾引了杰克，两人发生了关系，本以为只是一场露水情缘， 可是南却认真了起来，甚至逼迫杰克和她结婚。面对虎视眈眈的南，杰克会为自己的行为付出怎样的代价呢？
回复 :马金（杰拉尔·德帕迪约 Gérard Depardieu 饰）是一个经验丰富的老警察，在一次行动中，他拘捕了涉嫌贩毒的娜亚（苏菲·玛索 Sophie Marceau 饰）及其男友西蒙（Jonathan Leïna 饰），巧合的是，他们的辩护律师不是别人，正是马金的铁哥们兰博特（里夏尔·安科尼纳 Richard Anconina 饰）。最终，西蒙被判入狱，而娜亚则在兰博特的帮助之下成功脱罪。娜亚是一个充满了魅力的女人，她的魅力深深的吸引了马金。在获得释放之后，娜亚回到毒窝重操旧业，并且设计骗走了毒贩的巨额毒资，因此遭到了后者的追杀。得知了娜亚的遭遇，神魂颠倒的马金挺身而出，只要为了娜亚，他愿意做任何的事情。
回复 :华弟（刘德华 饰）是一个黑道的小混混，喜欢从飚车中得到快感，整天骑着电单车。他在极不愿意的情况下做了一宗抢劫案，警方怀疑他实施追捕，他挟持了富家女Jojo（吴倩莲 饰）出走，没想到他们不管悬殊的身份地位，很快爱上了对方。Jojo不管家里人的反对跟着华弟出走。华弟后来更遭到了黑道老大的追杀，两人亡命天涯。
回复 :Sydney and Darrel met while working through the trenches of chaos of low budget independent filmmaking. Like most forced to produce under pressure, they grew close and began to admire and respect one another. However, their romance never quite had the opportunity to blossom and once the production was over, they went their respective ways and moved on with their lives. After 2 years of post production, when the film is celebrating its premiere, the two of them meet again. With spirits flying high and the cast and crew present to critique and admire the work they have done, Sydney and Darrel after a night of drinks hook up. In the last two years they've had their professional triumphs and failures, they've had their flings and various romances, but they've always kept each other in the back of their minds as that one that got away, the magical other. But...things are different now.
