罗静尘（秦祥林 饰）是含着金汤匙出生的千金大少爷，从学校毕业之后，经营着服装公司的父亲希望他能够子承父业，但罗静尘对服装行业没有一点兴趣，心心念念想要成为一名作家。某日，在采风的途中，罗静尘邂逅了名为张晓虹（林青霞 饰）的女子，张晓虹的美丽和温婉深深的吸引了罗静尘的注意，后者对其念念不忘。经过不懈的努力，罗静尘终于再度找寻到了张晓虹的踪迹，情投意合的两人走到了一起。可是，当罗静尘把张晓虹带回家介绍给父母时，却遭到了双亲一致的强烈反对。愤怒的罗静尘选择了离家出走来抵抗家庭的压力，并且在身无分文的情况之下同张晓虹携手步入了婚姻的殿堂。

After the ultra sophisticated couple, Bob (a filmmaker) and wife, Carol attend a secluded therapy group (only to observe) they become modernized in their sexual thinking and behavior. Can Bob and Carol's new thinking rub off onto best friends, Ted and Alice?Documentary film-maker Bob Saunders and his wife Carol attend a group therapy session that serves as the backdrop for the opening scenes of the film. Returning to their Los Angeles home, the newly "enlightened" couple chastise their closest friends, Ted and Alice, for not coming to grips with their true feelings. Bob insists that everyone "feel" rather than intellectualize their emotions, and Carol pronounces "that's beautiful" after anyone says anything even remotely personal. Ted and Alice humor their friends, but it is obvious that there is a good-natured sexual tension at work within the foursome.

1930年代，与敌作战受伤的红军师长陈赓（杨绍林 饰）只身赴上海就医，由于叛徒出卖，不幸被捕。蒋介石（赵恒多 饰）闻讯大喜，由于陈原是黄埔军校学生，与蒋有师生之谊，并在东征中救过蒋的命，更有救命之恩，他派夫人宋美龄（朱可心 饰）前去做工作，劝陈脱离共产党，但遭拒绝。陈被押到南京后，蒋煞费苦心，先是许以高官厚禄，后又威逼利诱，陈软硬不吃，最终，敌人把他投入监狱。在狱中，陈与同关牢房的教会学生玛丽（徐金金 饰）互诉身世，并给玛丽讲述革命道理，玛丽深受感染。狱外，以宋庆龄（肖惠芳 饰）为首的进步人士陈词痛斥南京当局残害共产党人和无辜民众的罪行......

刑满释放的洪忠都（薛景求饰）出狱后，家人对他横加排斥，而他之所以被判入狱，只是为了顶替哥哥的罪名。之后心冷意凉的他，来到车祸死者的住所拜访家属，遇到死者的女儿韩恭洙（文素利饰）——一名重度脑麻痹患者，面容扭曲、手脚抽搐。但忠都却被她吸引，并在冲动下做出大胆之举。但在意外事件后，两人彼此都萌生了情感思念，孤独的心灵就此渐渐靠拢。他们看似身心不甚健全的非正常人，却遭遇着赤裸裸的现实不公。不过，命运并没有就此放过戏弄他们的机会。