讲述一个年轻女孩坚称有一个怪物正在蚕食她，而一位有预知能力的治疗师必须直面自己内心的困扰，赶在那个女孩被完全怪物吞噬之前拯救她。
林盈蝶是个孤儿，自尊、自爱。在歌厅卖唱，洁身自好。她爱身为警察副局长的李世豪，当得知李世豪必须缔结政治婚姻，不肯屈当情人，宁可忍痛离开他。这时，好友文瑞被控谋杀入狱，她为她奔走翻案，却无果，得知自己身患绝症，便到警察局“自首”，顶替文瑞去死。不久发现自己根本没有得绝症，不过是文瑞和世豪的妻子裴璇联合设计圈套！盈蝶愤怒文瑞的狠心和自私，她靠狱警朋友的帮忙逃出死牢，出现在文瑞的婚礼上，向昔日好友讨回公道！最后，盈蝶的宽容和善良感动了李世豪，找回清白的同时，也收获了圆满的爱情。
Maurizio is a stubborn boy who grows up near the fiumara, where people throw away whatever they no longer need. This open-air dump becomes his playground, where among wrecked cars and other treasures large and small, he begins to dream of playing in the town band. Mamma Rosa looks on his musical aspirations as a childish whim, a luxury that the family cannot afford. And so, between the good advice by Mosè the donkey and the pranks by chicken N’Giulina, Maurizio is faced with a growing series of adventures and comes to the realization that, if his dream is to come true, he must be determined to see it through right to the end.
故事发生在1938年的万圣节前夕，弗朗西斯（杰克·尼科尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰）曾经是在圈内叱咤风云的棒球运动员，却因为一场意外一蹶不振，只能依靠酒精麻痹自己，最终沦落成为了酒精依赖症患者。 22年前，在弗朗西斯最风光的那段时间，和他的名气一起暴涨的，还有弗朗西斯身上的戾气。最终，不加节制的暴脾气酿成了大祸，弗朗西斯不仅失手杀了人，他的孩子还不幸的在一场灾难中失去了性命。如今，穷困潦倒的弗朗西斯带着女友再度回到了故乡，这片他一辈子都无法释怀的伤心地，他希望自己能够在这里重振旗鼓，找到人生新的意义。
