巴依尔前来拜访！上世纪90年代初，当“宝马”还叫“巴依尔”时，一段难以磨灭的记忆，一份来之不易的团圆，由一双孩子的眼睛开启。

一群农家女为了摆脱贫困，离开家乡来到特区打工。然而，在特区的工作环境中，工厂香港总管的管理过于严厉，对女工不尊重。其中的一个女工杏子因不能忍受不公正对待，愤然决定辞工，展现了对尊严的坚守。同时，另一段感情线涉及到李四喜追随恋人彩云来到特区打工。然而，彩云为了追求成为城市人而抛弃了李四喜。受到打击的李四喜决定努力学习技术。彩云单恋港方工程师江浩，但最终意识到可能性不大，却又盲目地想嫁给特区人。春花的故事描绘了一个懦弱女性的命运。她被总经理当成情妇，但最终被总经理夫人发现。在一次欲寻短见时，她被人救起。最后，金风的故事涉及到她的爷爷为她换取的一个假城市户口，而金风则通过努力工作，展现了在特区谋生的坚韧和奋斗。

Wealthy Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) suddenly decides to propose to his neighbor across the street, Betsy O'Brien (Kathryn McGuire), and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsy's rich father (Frederick Vroom) has just sold to a small country at war.Agents for the other small nation in the conflict decide to set the ship adrift that same night. When Betsy's father checks up on the ship, he is captured and tied up by the saboteurs. Betsy hears his cry for help and boards the ship to look for him, just before it is cut loose.The Navigator drifts out into the Pacific Ocean. The two unwitting passengers eventually find each other. At first, they have great difficulty looking after themselves, but adapt after a few weeks. At one point, they sight a navy ship and hoist a brightly-colored flag, not realizing it signals that the ship is under quarantine. As a result, the other vessel turns away.Finally, the ship grounds itself near an inhabited tropical island and springs a leak. While Rollo dons a deep sea diving suit and submerges to patch the hole, the black natives canoe out and take Betsy captive. When Rollo emerges from the ocean, the natives are scared off, enabling him to rescue Betsy and take her back to the ship. The natives return and try to board the ship. After a fierce struggle, Rollo and Betsy try to escape in a small dinghy. It starts to sink, and the natives swiftly overtake them in their canoes. Just when all seems lost, a navy submarine surfaces right underneath them and they are saved.

爱德华（伊万·麦克格雷格 Ewan McGregor 饰）生性热爱自由，成年之后，他选择离开家乡，踏上了环游世界的旅程。一路上，爱德华遇见了各种各样稀奇古怪的角色，经历了无数精彩绝伦的的冒险，而他日后最大的兴趣，就是向他人喋喋不休的重复讲述他的这一段奇幻旅程。威尔（比利·克鲁德普 Billy Crudup 饰）是爱德华的儿子，他并不相信父亲所讲述的那些光怪陆离的故事，甚至对此感到无比厌烦。婚后，他同父亲中断了联系，一晃眼就是数年过去。当再次得到爱德华的消息之时，威尔才知道父亲即将不久于人世，他决定去见爱德华最后一面。然而，这一次，威尔终于发现了隐藏在这些故事背后的奥秘和真相。