A company that produces a toxic chemical tries to improve its image via a popular spokesperson, Ricky Coogan. Ricky travels to South America to get a first-hand look at the chemical's effects and finds himself at a mutant freak farm. Elijah, who runs the farm, is only too happy to have new subjects on which to try his freak machine. The very chemical that Ricky is supposed to promote is the one responsible for creating the great variety of freaks.
故事发生在1955年的法国南特，彼时那里正在进行一场轰轰烈烈的工人罢工运动，而钢铁工人弗朗西斯（理查·贝里 Richard Berry 饰）就是参与其中的一员。弗朗西斯租下了寡妇玛格特（达尼尔·达黎欧 Danielle Darrieux 饰）手里的一间房子，玛格特虽然是资产阶级，但是却对工人阶级充满了同情，时长向他们伸出援手。 弗朗西斯有一个相恋多年的女友瓦雷特（Fabienne Guyon 饰），虽然瓦雷特腹中已经怀上了他的孩子，但这个冷漠残酷的男人还是选择抛弃了她，转而将注意力投向了一个名叫艾迪斯（多米尼克·桑达 Dominique Sanda）的女人。艾迪斯嫁给了一个富有的商人，可婚后的生活却令她苦不堪言，为了排遣内心的愤懑，艾迪斯偷偷从事着妓女的职业。
Late sixteenth century. A Tameme Indian man and a noble Spanish woman flee through the forests of the New World in search of freedom. Their frantic journey softens the tension between them and dissolves their longstanding differences and creates intimate bonds that threaten their very survival.
2013年8月16日，美国最高法院授权中情局解密过去75年来的保密档案，里面大量记载的超自然事件记录被公布于众，这部电影就改编自加拿大魁北克葛丽丝费德发生的诡异事件。
