故事的女主角是与身为兽医的母亲相依为命的少女艾琳。有一天，被母亲照料的用于战斗的五头斗蛇一夜之间全部死亡，这被认为是照顾者的责任，导致她母亲遭到了活活地被斗蛇吞食的残暴刑法。艾琳虽然想救母亲，但幼小的她却差点和母亲一起成为了斗蛇的食物。幸好母亲吹奏的指笛控制的一头斗蛇将艾琳救了出去。成为了孤儿的艾琳得到了养蜂的老人琼的帮助，开始了独立的生活。在这期间，她对于生物及自身所生存的这个世界有了更深刻明析的看法。 在山中碰到了翱翔在天空中的王兽。被决不亲近人，也不会被人类驯养的王兽之姿迷住了的艾琳，决心成为王兽的医生。于是她来到了卡扎姆王兽保护场开始学习。想要了解、帮助王兽、并与它们一起生活的艾琳成长得飞快。但她发现人类用来驱使王兽与斗蛇的无声兽笛会使动物们有短时间的僵硬。她开始对兽笛是否会对它们的身体产生负担一事产生了疑问。她开始试着去与王兽进行交流，用自己优秀的记忆力，将它们的发音正确记下来，并完美地再现。 在越来越了解王兽的生态之谜时，虽然不是出于艾琳的本意，却自然地成为了真王与大公之外的又一新生力量。不久之后，艾琳就站在了能够左右王国命运的立场上……

电影根据Ottessa Moshfegh的同名小说改编。故事发生在1964年马萨诸塞州的一个严冬。年轻的艾琳在监狱当秘书，当迷人的咨询师瑞贝卡成为她的新同事，她情不自禁地被对方深深吸引。在瑞贝卡透露了一个黑暗的秘密后，她们的感情发生了变化，将艾琳推上了一条罪恶的道路。

Sent by her employers on an errand to the home of the wealthy Mrs. Vincent, Irene O'Dare meets Don, a friend of Mrs. Vincent's son Bob. Attracted to Irene, Don decides to invest some money in Bob's latest venture, the "Madame Lucy" dress shop, in order to give Irene a job there as a model. She is very successful and Bob also becomes attracted to her. Smith, the manager, assigns Irene and other models to display gowns at Mrs. Vincent's charity ball, but Irene ruins the gown she was to wear, and appears instead in a quaint blue dress that had belonged to her mother--and it is a big hit. A guest, Princess Minetti, places her as the niece of Ireland's Lady O'Dare, and Irene does not deny the relationship. Smith decides to set her up in a Park Avenue suite as Lady O'Dare's niece so she can attend socially-important gatherings, wearing and displaying "Madame Lucy" gowns. A jealous model tells the truth to a newspaper columnist who writes an expose' that strains the relationship between Irene and Don, who had been away and was unaware of the scheme--and is the real owner behind the "Madame Lucy" front.

近来，在《洛杉矶时报》上班的记者斯蒂夫·洛佩兹(小罗伯特·唐尼饰)正遭遇生活与感情上的双重麻烦，爱情和婚姻似乎已经让这个堂堂的七尺男儿感受到信心…

Dr. Jason Holden, early 50s, is in danger of losing his family, because of a tragic automobile accident. He becomes a piano accompanist at a local ballet studio and falls in love with Brandon Wykowski, 27, a troubled dancer.

After his wife Marjan has died in a car crash, Philip de Wit becomes a total wreck. Only after months does he return to a more or less normal life and even then he only works in his wife's bookstore. A year later Eileen walks in the store, a girl from Northern Ireland with her baby in her arms. When Philip sees her, he's dumbfounded, for she's the spitting image of his dead wife. Obsessed with her, he goes and tries to find her again, but he soon finds out that he's not the only one who's looking for Eileen.

伊莲娜（纳塔莉·明妮威克 Natalie Minnevik 饰）的父亲在不久之前去世了，如今，小姑娘和母亲以及兄妹们生活在一起，虽然伊莲娜的家境十分的贫寒，但是一家人相依为命，日子过得也算是有滋有味。近日里，伊莲娜的性格变得愈发的阴沉，因为她无法走出父亲去世所带来的阴影。每当想念父亲时，伊莲娜都会独自一人前往一处偏僻的森林中，似乎只有在那里，她对父亲的思念才会有所缓解。 　　对于伊莲娜的现状，她的老师朵拉（毕比·安德森 Bibi Andersson 饰）感到十分的担心，朵拉试图用强硬的手段来让伊莲娜重回正轨，但得到的只有女孩加倍的反抗。

伊莲娜（纳塔莉·明妮威克 Natalie Minnevik 饰）的父亲在不久之前去世了，如今，小姑娘和母亲以及兄妹们生活在一起，虽然伊莲娜的家境十分的贫寒，但是一家人相依为命，日子过得也算是有滋有味。近日里，伊莲娜的性格变得愈发的阴沉，因为她无法走出父亲去世所带来的阴影。每当想念父亲时，伊莲娜都会独自一人前往一处偏僻的森林中，似乎只有在那里，她对父亲的思念才会有所缓解。 　　对于伊莲娜的现状，她的老师朵拉（毕比·安德森 Bibi Andersson 饰）感到十分的担心，朵拉试图用强硬的手段来让伊莲娜重回正轨，但得到的只有女孩加倍的反抗。

一名英国女子的秘密和充满暴力的过去因为超市里一群持枪劫匪而暴露，她在巴塞罗那的宁静生活也随之失控

13岁的艾琳来自一个传统的家庭。有一天她发现父亲居然有另一个家庭，还有一个和自己同龄的女儿，她的名字也叫艾琳。两个女孩成了好朋友，艾琳反复谈到父亲在秘密跟谎言的游戏中过着的双面人生。