故事描述杰西卡(德汪达·怀斯 DeWanda Wise 饰)带着家人回到老家时,发现了她小时候的熊布偶「巧芯」,而她的继女爱丽丝(派珀·布劳恩 Pyper Braun 饰)很快就跟这个 布偶变得形影不离,然而,随着爱丽丝跟巧芯玩的游戏内容越来越疯狂,杰西卡才意识到它可能不是单纯的熊布偶……
Akil (KIL), a quiet and depressed young man sees suicide as an solution though he never succeeds in pulling it off. A chance encounter brings him face to face with the "Life Action Bureau" or LAB, an organization that will help him end his life. But after being bound to LAB's terms and conditions, he meets pretty and vivacious Zara with whom he eventually falls in love with and gives him a reason to live. The new Akil who embraces life must now race against time to undo what he has set in motion before he gets killed.
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。
他们禁止她摘下头巾,避免引诱男人犯罪;他们阻拦她展露舞姿,害怕其他男人沉醉;他们命令她放弃追查,因为他们说你老、你疯,你什么也没看见。退休舞蹈教师塔兰意外目击陈尸现场,亲如女儿的左拉疑遭丈夫杀害,塔兰报警欲将其绳之以法,却触发强权势力的反扑与威胁。政治监控和性别压迫驱之不散,如长年盘踞屋内的硕鼠。在这国度里,女性还有伸张自我的空间吗?