一位外向、人緣好的酒吧老板，雖然平日喜歡與人群為伍，內心深處卻一直隱藏著對十年前逝去戀人的細膩思念。每當他遇見容貌神似她的女子，總是不自覺地駐足凝望，深陷于回憶的漩渦中。

　　死黨阿華，師爺仔及飛牛三人分別任職于會計，律師樓及警員。他們均喜歡包租婆的女兒蒙珠。一日，阿華知道會有巨額運抵公司及發現有賊人已鋪好路線偷款。于是將計就計，他們預先偷走巨款，然后嫁禍給劫匪。雖然錢得手，但全是廢紙，而煩惱才剛剛開始……

　　In the year 2961, the time is after humanity and nature has recovered the land. A hunter named Cygnus is called to rise above his duty. He provides for Last Arc, a once nomadic band of survivors in need of food and water that is now growing scarce. The answer must be found before a group of outlandish Heretics descend upon them. Cygnus must voyage across the treacherous landscape to defend his people. Sent by Nova, the matriarch of the band, she acts based on her vision for Cygnus to find a seed of hope. The future of Last Arc is for him to discover, Cygnus ventures into a hostile landscape in search of an answer for his people. On this journey of encountering many traps and dangers, Cygnus discovers what has been hunting him is his identity.

　　故事發生在20世紀的30年代，雷（西恩·潘 Sean Penn 飾）是當時紅極一時的爵士樂傳奇人物。由于早年生活困頓，成名后雷養成了揮金如土的惡習，壓抑許久的他放縱自己迷失在由金錢和美女組成的奢侈世界里。　　一位名叫海蒂（薩曼莎·莫頓 Samantha Morton 飾）的普通洗衣女工深深的愛上了雷，愿意為雷付出一切，而雷亦對單純的海蒂抱有好感。可是，此時的雷并不想過早的走入安定的家庭生活，更何況，雷可是一位藝術家啊，對于藝術家來說，婚姻難道不正是靈感的墳墓嗎？就這樣，雷和海蒂漸行漸遠。之后，雷娶了性感妖嬈的作家布蘭奇（烏瑪·瑟曼 Uma Thurman 飾），卻發現布蘭奇是比自己還要放浪形骸的“交際花”。直到此時，雷才想起了海蒂的好，可是雷沒有把握，這個單純可愛的女孩如今還會一如既往的包容他，接納他嗎？