埃伦·安德鲁斯（克劳黛·考尔白 饰）与飞行员金·韦斯特利（詹姆森·托马斯 饰）的婚事遭到了富豪父亲（沃尔特·康诺利 饰）的极力反对。被困在游艇上的埃伦绝食无效，竟跳海逃走去找金。心急如焚的父亲派出侦探对女儿围追堵截，不料聪明的埃伦托人（艾玛·坦西 饰）在侦探眼皮底下买了去纽约的长途车票。旅行计划很完美，可是不谙世事的埃伦不仅行李被偷，还落下车票，错过了班车。而捡到车票的前记者彼得·沃恩（克拉克·盖博 饰）为了把票还给埃伦，选择留在车站等待。失去财富的埃伦与失去工作的彼得之间，会擦出怎样的火花？

Ginko, the daughter of a poor shoemaker Ginzo, a child was sold to a geisha. From a student she became a real geisha and made her debut under the name of “Peony”. Great anguish caused Ginko molestation host teahouse. In Ginko have a favorite person – doctor Kurisu, but she is forced to leave him and return home in Tokyo. But here, she had all the same poverty. Parents again sell Ginkgo, this time to the north. There she first landlord was going to marry her, but interferes with his mother, who has decided not to allow this marriage, shameful for the honor of the house. He eventually marries another girl. Caught in a quandary, Ginko returns to Tokyo and the third time it becomes a geisha. Hard work, constant bullying Ginko adjusted to the disease. Mistress of her first promises to break a contract in which she serves as Ginko, but when Ginko finally recovers, the owner easily abandons his promises and demands that Ginko continued to work on it.

本片讲述一位利比里亚难民为躲避战争流落希腊爱琴海岛屿的故事。这个出身显赫的年轻女孩，如今身无分文，在异国他乡辗转求生。她深陷对过去的长久思忆，同时，意外相逢一位同样漂泊无根的旅游向导。两位文化背景截然不同的女性，缔结友谊，得以滋养继续生活的韧性。

1946年一个雨夜，小说家莫里斯·本德里克斯（拉尔夫·费恩斯Ralph Fiennes 饰）邂逅身为外交官的故友亨利·梅尔斯（斯蒂芬·瑞 Stephen Rea 饰）。从亨利口中，莫里斯得知对方的妻子莎拉（朱丽安·摩尔 Julianne Moore 饰）似乎正有一段外遇 ，这令他妒火中烧。原来，两年前莫里斯曾和莎拉暗通款曲，两人经常背着亨利共享鱼水之欢。但在一次大轰炸过后，莎拉却从床底上绝然离去。始终耿耿于怀的莫里斯接受了亨利的请求，帮助好友调查莎拉的行踪，然而结果却令他唏嘘不已，感慨良多……本片根据格雷厄姆·格林（Graham Greene）1951年的神秘浪漫主义的自传体小说改编，并荣获2000年英国电影和电视艺术学院奖最佳剧本奖。