Two narrators, one seen and one unseen, discuss possible connections between a series of paintings. The on-screen narrator walks through three-dimensional reproductions of each painting, featuring real people, sometimes moving, in an effort to explain the series' significance.

The famous writer Bernard travels to a small town nearby a lake to spend vacation out of season in the winter. He check in an old hotel owned by Enrico and his daughter Irma expecting to meet the maid Tilde, from whom he had a crush last time he visited the town. However, he discovers that Tilde has committed suicide a…

电影导演圭多（马塞洛·马斯楚安尼 Marcello Mastroianni 饰）在完成了一部影片之后感到筋疲力尽，他来到一处疗养地休息，同时开始构思下一部电影。他受到恶梦的困扰，精神不振，灵感也陷入停滞。他让情妇卡拉（桑德拉·米洛 Sandra Milo 饰）也来到疗养地和他作伴，但卡拉的到来反而增添了他的烦恼。此时，充满朝气的年轻女郎克劳迪娅（克劳迪…

<p>　　故事发生在二十世纪初的墨西哥革命中。一辆长途马车里，高贵的先生女士们对一位沉默寡言的农民大放厥词，然而突然农民摇身一变，显出家庭式匪帮头目胡安（Rod Steiger 饰）的真面目。胡安打劫后路遇爱尔兰革命军爆破专家约翰（James Coburn 饰），后者的爆破能力令抢劫梅萨维德银行如探囊取物，于是胡安苦苦尾随，不经意间却卷入了…

故事发生在二十世纪初的墨西哥革命中。一辆长途马车里，高贵的先生女士们对一位沉默寡言的农民大放厥词，然而突然农民摇身一变，显出家庭式匪帮头目胡安（Rod Steiger 饰）的真面目。胡安打劫后路遇爱尔兰革命军爆破专家约翰（James Coburn 饰），后者的爆破能力令抢劫梅萨维德银行如探囊取物，于是胡安苦苦尾随，不经意间却卷入了配合维拉革命…