整部影片讲的就是一个演员兼编剧跟一个导演在餐桌上讨论各种人生话题，有很强的思辨性。片中的两个男人，“我”和安德烈。一个是心比天高，另一个则安于现状。两人在一顿晚饭的时间里谈了各自对生活、对人生、对世界的看法和迷惘。说起来，这两个人无限的平凡，不仅貌不惊人，甚至你回过身就会忘了...1957年，年仅25岁的路易·马勒执导了《通往绞刑架的电梯》而一举成名，影片蓄意的打破了传统法国电影的叙事习惯，偷师于好莱坞四五十年代的黑色电影的风格化叙事，奠定了个人风格的基础，甚至被誉为是新浪潮的先驱。而这部《与安德烈的晚餐》是导演移居美国后制作的影片，其以两个知识分子在一家餐馆的心灵交流为主线，但采取的是将剧情片与纪录片融合一起的叙事方式，而富有探索精神及实验色彩（后来徐静蕾的《梦想照亮现实》便是明显的借鉴于本片）。标准公司即将发行的版本不但重新修复了画面，还收录了全新录制的两位主角（即华莱士·肖恩与安德烈·格利高里）的访谈、BBC公司制作的相关电视节目“与路易的晚餐”等。

节目编导伊泽（郭采洁 饰）在工作中重遇多年前有过一次邂逅的明星余飞（郑恺 饰），两人的再度邂逅让伊泽如入梦境，原以为美梦成真时，童话破碎了，伊泽暗暗做出了一个决定……在一场“谁先认真谁就输了”的爱情游戏中，谁会是最后赢家呢？

Once upon a time, the birds and the beasts fought each other in a war. It was a terrible conflict, and the clever bats would side with the birds when the birds were looking victorious, and then they would become allies of the beasts when that side was winning battles. At last the war came to an end, the two parties reached an amicable settlement, and a great party of friendship was held. But when it came to the turn of the bats to perform in the program, their fence-straddling tactics were exposed, and everyone refused to associate with them. Since that time, the bats have been too ashamed to show their faces during the day, coming out only at night to flit silently around.

春秋战国时代，晋灵公宠信奸臣屠岸贾，时边关告急，相国赵盾启奏，反被屠挑拨，下令斩杀赵家三百余口。幸忠臣程婴为保忠良血脉抱赵媳庄姬之子赵武出走。屠下令杀全国男婴以断后患，程不惜以己子代春以救全国婴儿。程功成退稳，邻人感其忠烈，赠匾「万古流芳」。导演严俊演而优则导，拍出史诗式气魄。