影戏导演圭多（马塞洛·马斯楚安尼 Marcello Mastroianni 饰）在实现了一部影片今后感应精疲力竭，他来到一处疗养地安歇，同时开端构思下一部影戏。他遭到噩梦的困扰，精力不振，灵感也堕进障碍。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加了他的懊末路。此时，布满朝气的年轻女郎克劳迪娅（克劳…

故事产生在二十世纪初的墨西哥革射中。一辆远程马车里，崇高的师长姑娘们对一位缄默沉静寡言的农人大放厥词，然而忽然农人摇身一变，显削发庭式匪帮头子胡安（Rod Steiger 饰）的真脸孔。胡安打劫后路遇爱尔兰反动军爆破专家约翰（James Coburn 饰），后者的爆破才能令抢劫梅萨维德银行如探囊取物，因此胡安苦苦尾随，不经意间却卷进了合营维拉…

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…

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.