1982年，法国总统弗朗索瓦·密特朗决定为其任期的旗舰项目——拉德芳斯大拱门发起一场国际建筑竞赛，该项目与卢浮宫和凯旋门对齐。出乎所有人意料，一位在法国鲜为人知的 53 岁丹麦建筑师约翰·奥托·冯·斯普雷克尔森赢得了竞赛。这位建筑师打算完全按照自己的设想建造大拱门，但他的理念很快与实际限制和政治变幻莫测相冲突。这部电影以真实事件为灵感，讲述了这位理想主义的丹麦建筑师如何努力在政治博弈、官僚主义和艺术自由的限制下实现其宏伟愿景的故事。

A hand-drawn ode to the multitudes contained by the La Défense district of Paris, where the future is encroaching from all sides in the form of skyscrapers made of steel and glass. The foot of a sculpture seems like an unlikely place to seek shelter, but where else can one find respite from it all? Passers-by don't need their eyes to guide them here, but when we decide to look up, there is much to see and feel. 源自：https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/la-grande-arche

在巴黎，纳粹分子渗透到城市，奥地利难民医生爱上了一个神秘的女人。可第二次世界大战的爆发预示着这段爱情并不顺利！

In winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One rainy night, Ravic meets Joan Madou, a kept woman cast adrift by her lover's sudden death. Against Ravic's better judgement, they become involved in a doomed affair; matters come to a crisis on the day war is declared.

二十世纪八十年代，法国总统密特朗一心改变巴黎风景线以标志时代新貌，举办了新凯旋门建筑设计比赛，得奖者是不闻经传的丹麦建筑师史普雷克尔森。当大家以至本尊都以为他大器晚成，终有机会实践理想，一展抱负时，在计划前路等着的却是无尽的官僚习气、人性陷井与政治妥协。也许放弃太容易，坚持反需勇气，但原来人生真的会来到某一步，不得不放手以保持真我。史提芬迪莫斯提亚以最平实的手法解读建筑黑历史，乃悟拱木敛魂，叹息总来得太迟。

时光倒流，1931年佩里尼--法国东部美丽而贫穷的乡村。憨厚的法国农民高铎和妻子热尔曼收养了一个9个半月的中国男孩。阴差阳错，这个中国男孩成了高铎家的儿子，取名勒内·韩。 他在乡村教堂受洗，在法国孩子中长大，最后到巴黎政治学院攻读，21岁获得法国国籍。进入法国国家电台，后荣任法国国家电视台台长，先后经历两次婚姻，完全认同法兰西文化而不会说一句中国话。40岁后勒内·韩开始漫长而曲折的寻根历程。继台湾之后，他到过北京、上海、南京、苏州，直到滨海老家寻找生身父母，逐步解开自己扑溯迷离的家史之述。 他发现身为国民党高级将官的生父韩涵是个极其复杂的人物。先后有过三位妻眷及不少儿女，但最爱的竞是一位青楼女子。而那抛弃了自己的生母则是很难理解却极了不起的女性和进步的民主人士。 勒内·韩一生都没有见到自己的母亲张梦蕙，的确是一个无法弥补的遗憾。九十年代退休的勒内·韩满怀兴致写下了自传体小说《一个中国人在布尔高涅》、《一个布尔高涅人在中国》，详尽地叙述了他作为华裔法国人的传奇经历和一个完全法国化了的中国人寻找生母的心路历程。该书出版后，在法国及欧洲引起轰动。荣获法兰西学院文学大奖，成为畅销书，并被译为多国文字流传于世。

突击队长杨建华卧底犯罪集团二十年，终于将犯罪集团颠覆，荣耀回归。妻子当年有孕，独自带着一双儿女生活了二十年，但村中恶霸，纨绔少爷却因觊觎女儿貌美而欺辱孤儿寡母，杨建华及时赶回，惩治恶霸。

One day Mucjusz and his friend Malaj visit the mansion of Fabiusz, an old time friend of Mucjusz. Their sudden arrival makes Fabiusz anxious because years ago Mucjusz was in love with his beautiful wife Waleria. The visitor, however, assures Fabiusz that during his wanderings he has met many other women and has forgotten his old flame. The master of the house offers for him to stay in the garden pavilion. At the party in their honor, while Mucjusz distributes gifts to everyone present, Malaj plays the charming "Song of Love." It's rumored that those who are in love can do unusual things while listening to this melody at night. To prove it Mucjusz pierces his chest with a stiletto and takes it out without a sign of pain. At night Waleria wakes up to the sounds of the charming song coming from the outside and goes to the pavilion. In their conversation Mucjusz confesses that he still loves her but he has leprosy. ~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide

电影的故事发生在公元106年至111年，也就是第二次达契亚-罗马战争期间以及达契亚被改为罗马省份之后。影片回顾了罗马人殖民达契亚的历史时刻，内容被划分为两部分：战争与和平。