由桑尼·布诺主演的歌舞喜剧，以六十年代初期的巴尔的摩为故事背景。那是美国人保持天真漫烂的最后时刻，整个社会马上就要面临时代的剧变，影片透过一个风靡青少年的电视歌舞节目来反映他的政治观察，以及对社会边缘人争取公民权的深切同情。剧情围绕一黑一白的两个家庭展开。桑尼的女儿被势利的母亲以溺爱的方式教养，一心训练她成为舞蹈皇后，但她在电视节目公开招考新舞蹈员时输给了一名黑人少女，而当地电视台当时是采取黑白种族隔离政策的，在青少年打破种族禁忌追求爱情和工作自由之后，传统的陋规终于成为历史……

　　阴云密布的旷野荒原，一位身披斗篷的孤独女人行走其间。她缓缓地讲述着一个关于爱与复仇的故事。19世纪，英国约克郡。呼啸山庄的主人恩萧先生带回了一个男孩，并取名为希斯克利夫。几年后，希斯克利夫（拉尔夫·费因斯 Ralph Fiennes饰）便长成了一位英俊少年。恩萧的女儿凯瑟琳（朱丽叶·比诺什 Juliette Binoche饰）一下子就迷上了这个沉默寡言、我行我素的男孩。然而恩萧先生对希斯克利夫的宠爱，却让恩萧的儿子亨德雷（杰瑞米·诺森 Jeremy Northam饰）异常嫉妒。一次意外，让凯瑟琳邂逅了贵族埃德加·林顿（西蒙·谢普德 Simon Shepherd饰）。面对粗俗的希斯克利夫和优雅的林顿家人，凯瑟琳还是嫁给了埃德加。希斯克利夫一怒之下愤然离去。几年后，衣锦还乡的希斯克利夫展开了疯狂地复仇。
　　本片改编自英国女作家勃朗特姐妹之一艾米莉·勃朗特的同名作品，著名影星朱丽叶·比诺什和拉尔夫·费因斯首度合作演绎这段经典旷世爱情故事。

　　When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet. Bierce is a famous writer, who knowing that he is dying, wishes to keep his identity secret so he can determine his own fate. Though he likes Arroyo, Bierce tries to provoke the General's anger whenever possible in an attempt to get himself killed, thus avoiding suffering through his illness. Winslow is intrigued by both Bierce and Arroyo, and the men are in turn attracted to her. She becomes romantically involved with Arroyo. When Winslow learns of Bierce's true identity (a writer whose work she has loved and respected for years), she is singlemindedly determined to fulfill his dying wish.