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.
查理（查尔斯·劳顿 Charles Laughton 饰）是靠着在街头卖艺维生的小混混，一天，一个名叫利比（费雯·丽 Vivien Leigh 饰）企图抢走查理的卖艺所得，结果被后者抓住，两人不打不相识，查理可怜无家可归流落街头的利比，于是答应带着利比一起表演。 聪明的利比有用极高的表演天赋，她的杰出被名叫潘斯特（雷克斯·哈里森 Rex Harrison 饰）的剧院经理看在眼里。潘斯特邀请利比去剧院演出，利比想带上查理，但被他拒绝了，两人就此分道扬镳。一晃眼多年过去，利比成为了炙手可热的大明星，而查理已久只是在街头流浪的乞丐，这样地位悬殊的两人再度相遇了。
灵感来源于上世纪七十年代初发生在波兰的真实事件。故事围绕一个年轻的警官被任命为调查组主管，追查一系列残暴杀害女性案件的凶手展开。
本剧改编自93岁高龄婚纱设计师桂由美的半生故事。战后，结婚典礼几乎都是穿和服，而1930年出生的桂由美，在东京奥运会举办的1964年，在赤坂开设了日本第一家婚庆专卖店，创业初期苦难接连不断，但凭借着“一切都是为了新娘的笑容”的信念一直坚持了下去。直至如今，作为职业女性企业家的先驱，60年来她身任时尚品牌“由美假发”的创始人兼设计师，始终在日本推广婚纱文化。
