The last year of life of the Italian-French painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) who died with 36 years, was played by Gérard Philipe, who was lethally sick during the shooting of this movie and died shortly after its release, 1959, with 36 years - on on
28岁的博士生奥玛（奥玛尔·梅特瓦利 Omar Metwally 饰）决定撰写一本关于作家裘洛斯·关德的传记小说，他的前程和事业均紧紧的与这本小说相连着。据相关记载，裘洛斯早已经自杀身亡，他的哥哥亚当（安东尼·霍普金斯 Anthony Hopkins 饰）、妻子卡洛琳（劳拉·琳妮 Laura Linney 饰）和情妇雅登（夏洛特·甘斯布 Charlotte Gainsbourg 饰）是世界上仅存的同裘洛斯有关联的三人。
不知为何，这三人都回绝了奥玛希望得到小说授权的请求。在女友蒂德莉（亚历山德拉·玛丽亚·
安东尼（让·雷谢夫 Jean Rochefort 饰）从小就对理发师这个职业情有独钟，在他所暗恋的理发师雪弗夫人（Anne-Marie Pisani 饰）猝死后，他决心长大后一定要娶一个理发师为妻。长大后的安东尼遇见了马蒂德（安娜·加列娜 Anna Galiena 饰），两人迅速坠入了爱河。虽然母亲不愿承认儿媳妇的存在而父亲又在重要关头心脏病突发过世，但安东尼要将马蒂德娶回家的信念从未动摇。
婚后的两人过着如胶似漆的幸福生活，甚至要比婚前更加甜蜜。他们整日黏在一起，用尽了各种方法探索彼此的精神和肉体，而就
Jean Barreau leads a spiritual commune on the countryside and promises his followers a chance for a second life. When their doubles arrive at the house, the followers learn that Jean meant his promise of a second life quite literally.
