馬奇夫人（勞拉·鄧恩 Laura Dern 飾）有著四個如花似玉的女兒，大女兒梅格（艾瑪·沃森 Emma Watson 飾）擁 有著美麗的外表，和對于愛情的天真憧憬。二女兒喬（西爾莎·羅南 Saoirse Ronan 飾）滿腦子塞著古靈精怪的念頭，整天拿著蘸水筆東寫西寫，她的故事在全家上下都受到了熱烈的歡迎。三女兒艾米（佛羅倫斯·珀 Florence Pugh 飾）渴望成為一名畫家。最小的女兒貝斯（伊萊扎·斯坎倫 Eliza Scanlen 飾）雖然個性比起三個姐姐要來的內向的多，卻擁有杰出的音樂天賦。在馬奇夫人的教導之下，四個姑娘漸漸成長為了擁有獨立人格的杰出女性，她們熱情、樂觀、善良，每個人都在各自的道路上堅強而又堅定的前進著。

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

 一九五四年十月一日，以法屬阿爾及利亞首都阿爾及爾的卡斯巴為中心，爆發了阿爾及利亞人反抗運動，這是由于阿拉伯人憎恨法國人長期統治而引起的。人們四處搞破壞，法國政府發覺事態嚴重，便于一九五七年十月七日，派馬丘將軍率領四十萬大軍駐于斯拉姆地區。但是暴亂仍層出不窮，法國人的鎮壓行動開始升級。

　　一次偶然的事件讓同為死對頭的極品同桌男女互換了身體與性別，二人為了恢復正常做出了瘋狂舉動，經歷了種種令人啼笑皆非的荒唐事情。無果之后，二人將計就計，利用對方的身體互相追求自己喜歡的人，歷經艱辛終于討得心上人歡喜。大功告成之時，不料災難悄然降臨，二人即將面臨時間的清理，急速衰老，禍不單行，王元鵝的母親因為自己的任性而失去生命，大喜大悲之下，二人悟出了青春的含義還有親情的可貴，無奈時日不多，臨死之前，二人一一完成自己的遺愿，開演唱會、做學霸、挑戰黑社會，可是等到最后一天死神到來之時，王元鵝才發現，一切原來是......