本片改编自巴西名著。一个民工家庭为富有的庄园主看管牲口，境况逐渐改善，但父亲被骗跟当地警察玩牌，引起争吵，遭到警察毒打。影片结束时，严重的乾旱迫使全家又上路寻找新的生活出路。本片充满了对弱者的人文关怀和对社会不公的抗议，标志着巴西“新电影运动”的启动。

弗朗西斯卡（多利斯·道灵 Doris Dowling 饰）是小偷沃尔特（维托里奥·加斯曼 Vittorio Gassman 饰）的情妇，沃尔特自私贪婪心狠手辣，常常虐待弗朗西斯卡，令她苦不堪言。最终，弗朗西斯卡决定从他的身边逃开，前往波流河自寻生路。 　　在波流河，弗朗西斯卡结识了同事希尔瓦纳（肖瓦娜·曼加诺 Silvana Mangano 饰），希尔瓦纳拥有俊俏的外表和高傲的性格，她暗暗的将弗朗西斯卡认定为竞争对手。沃尔特循着弗朗西斯卡的踪迹也来到了波流河，他被希尔瓦纳的美貌所吸引，向她展开热情的攻势。原来，沃尔特想要利用希尔瓦纳的职位之便来偷窃营地里的粮食，弗朗西斯卡虽然百般提醒希尔瓦纳，但后者并不相信她。

Silvio (Alberto Sordi) is an Italian partisan, he and his companions belong to Italian resistance movement fighting against the Nazis. They are at Lake Como. He is helped by Elena (Lea Massari). He spends three months hiding in Elena's grandfather's mill. They fall in love. Silvio is an idealist, communist, journalist writer. He goes back to war. 　　The film spans the story of Italy from 1944 to 1960, from the times of poverty in World War II to the birth of the Italian Republic, the elections and Silvio's ideals of the Italian Communist Party, his stay in jail, his disappointments, his crises with Elena, his attempts to get his works published and to sell his film scripts in Cinecittà to Alessandro Blasetti, Silvana Mangano and Vittorio Gassman (they appear as themselves).

Silvio (Alberto Sordi) is an Italian partisan, he and his companions belong to Italian resistance movement fighting against the Nazis. They are at Lake Como. He is helped by Elena (Lea Massari). He spends three months hiding in Elena's grandfather's mill. They fall in love. Silvio is an idealist, communist, journalist writer. He goes back to war. 　　The film spans the story of Italy from 1944 to 1960, from the times of poverty in World War II to the birth of the Italian Republic, the elections and Silvio's ideals of the Italian Communist Party, his stay in jail, his disappointments, his crises with Elena, his attempts to get his works published and to sell his film scripts in Cinecittà to Alessandro Blasetti, Silvana Mangano and Vittorio Gassman (they appear as themselves).

该剧集以11世纪至12世纪初的伊比利亚半岛为背景，通过定居在加利西亚城市圣地亚哥-德孔波斯特拉的三兄弟的生活经历，重现了圣地亚哥大教堂的建造过程。历史人物也作为背景出现在剧情中，如莱昂国王阿方索六世、他的妻子勃艮第的康斯坦萨、主教迭戈·赫尔米雷斯、莱昂女王乌拉卡，以及勃艮第的雷蒙德等人。

该剧集以11世纪至12世纪初的伊比利亚半岛为背景，通过定居在加利西亚城市圣地亚哥-德孔波斯特拉的三兄弟的生活经历，重现了圣地亚哥大教堂的建造过程。历史人物也作为背景出现在剧情中，如莱昂国王阿方索六世、他的妻子勃艮第的康斯坦萨、主教迭戈·赫尔米雷斯、莱昂女王乌拉卡，以及勃艮第的雷蒙德等人。

A former nurse learns that when her husband is away on business trips, he's seeing another woman

现代中药博士苏白芷一觉醒来，竟成了古代破落药铺的孤女。幸而觉醒“金手指”识海圣元树，以催熟药材之能振兴破败药铺圣元堂。她智斗阴毒表妹苏白薇与垄断药商钱禄，在这期间她认识了隐世皇子顾宴之，她发现在他身边时，圣元树似乎恢复速度变快，能量慢慢回流，苏白芷便“死皮赖脸”地跟着宴之，将他留下做伙计，而宴之为了珍稀药材也不得不留在药铺，两人在日渐相处中产生了感情，苏白芷更是帮宴之解决夺嫡危机，两人终成眷属。

现代中药博士苏白芷一觉醒来，竟成了古代破落药铺的孤女。幸而觉醒“金手指”识海圣元树，以催熟药材之能振兴破败药铺圣元堂。她智斗阴毒表妹苏白薇与垄断药商钱禄，在这期间她认识了隐世皇子顾宴之，她发现在他身边时，圣元树似乎恢复速度变快，能量慢慢回流，苏白芷便“死皮赖脸”地跟着宴之，将他留下做伙计，而宴之为了珍稀药材也不得不留在药铺，两人在日渐相处中产生了感情，苏白芷更是帮宴之解决夺嫡危机，两人终成眷属。

现代中药博士苏白芷一觉醒来，竟成了古代破落药铺的孤女。幸而觉醒“金手指”识海圣元树，以催熟药材之能振兴破败药铺圣元堂。她智斗阴毒表妹苏白薇与垄断药商钱禄，在这期间她认识了隐世皇子顾宴之，她发现在他身边时，圣元树似乎恢复速度变快，能量慢慢回流，苏白芷便“死皮赖脸”地跟着宴之，将他留下做伙计，而宴之为了珍稀药材也不得不留在药铺，两人在日渐相处中产生了感情，苏白芷更是帮宴之解决夺嫡危机，两人终成眷属。