故事发生在车水马龙灯红酒绿的大都市巴黎，无码来自乡村的少年来此投奔哥哥乔治（蒂埃里·钮维 Thierry Neuvic 饰），无码却因为不知道哥哥公寓的密码而被关在了门外，就在这时，哥哥的女友安（朱丽叶·比诺什 Juliette Binoche 饰）出现在了少年的面前，带少年进入了公寓。少年粗暴的对待乞丐玛利亚（吕明妮塔·杰尔吉乌 Luminita Gheorghiu 饰），遭到了黑人教师阿玛度（Ona Lu Yenke 饰）的严厉批评，之后，警察来了，反而逮捕的玛利亚和阿玛度。玛利亚因此而返回自己位于罗马尼亚的家乡，回到了丈夫道格拉斯（Bob Nicolescu 饰）身边。安的隔壁住了一个被虐待的孩子，向安求救，安不知该如何是好。镜头下的人们，每个人都有着自己的故事。
回复 :BACK FORK is the story of an everyman, WAYLON, struggling to hold his life and family together after a heartbreaking tragedy. He and his wife, NIDA, barely recognize themselves, let alone each other. Their inability to continue on and to heal, leaves them hopeless. With the growing burden of the unanswered questions of why, and a heavy dose of self-blame, It's only a matter of time before Waylon turns to the magic of the pills to make the problems disappear. He finds a kindred spirit in his sister, RAYLENE, as he sleep walks through life with addiction. It's only a matter of time until Waylon finds himself at a crossroads. He learns that he's been asking the wrong question all along. The question isn't why, rather, where do I go from here? He's then able to see that we're all wounded animals. Sometimes we die, but sometimes we live.
回复 :一部关于一对年轻夫妇探索开放关系的喜剧。
回复 :在比赛中，丹•米尔曼（斯科特•麦克洛维茨 Scott Mechlowicz 饰）完成了一组高难度的吊环动作，却在落地时把左腿摔得粉碎。他猛然惊醒，原来是南柯一梦。凌晨三点，受惊的米尔曼出去散心，意外在加油站结识了一位身怀绝技的老者苏格拉底（尼克•诺特 Nick Nolte 饰），两人成了忘年交。米尔曼外形俊朗，成绩优异，所以总有女孩子围绕身边，然而因为跟好友的女友上床而惹得兄弟反目。另外，他一直希望完成一个高难度动作，却遭到教练的强烈反对，因为后者怕他受伤。由于困扰的时候，他就会来加油站跟苏格拉底交谈。然而一场突如其来的车祸使得米尔曼丧失一切，双脚骨头碎了近100处，他的体操生涯遭到毁灭性打击。病床上的米尔曼这时想起了苏格拉底。在苏格拉底的指引下，米尔曼通过集中全部精神创造了奇迹……
