清帝康熙自知不久人世，决定传位于十四太子（莫少聪）；后十四太子忽遭蒙面杀手行刺，幸为亲信曾静（徐少强）所救。原来四太子（刘永）早已觊觎帝位，乃派人行刺胞弟；四太子计划失败后，收买曾静不果，乃四出求贤，卒觅得文武双全之年羹尧（白彪）相助，更拉拢反清文人吕留良（谷峰）及其侄女吕四娘（刘雪华）等，佯称若助其登上帝位，誓必履行“满汉一家”之协议……
Bill Kiowa (Montgomery Ford) is released after a five-year prison term for a crime he did not commit. The bandit El Fego (Tatsuya Nakadai), who did the actual crime, also killed Kiowa's young Native American wife. Once free, Kiowa raises a gang to go after the man who framed him. An Italian western in the A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS mold with a better than average cast, which includes Bud Spencer in the debut of his heavy-handed character (later made famous in the TRINITY series) and the outstanding Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai, famous for his role in Akira Kurosawa's KAGEMUSHA. Written by horror-meister Dario Argento and presented here in the English-language version (which, considering it was filmed MOS with an international cast, is nearly as "original dialogue" as its Italian-language counterpart).
影片由法国女导演麦温执导，法国巨星文森特·卡索搭档法国女星艾玛纽尔·贝克特和法国男星路易·加瑞尔出演，影片入围第68届法国戛纳电影节主竞赛单元。值得一提的是，文森特·卡索也有出演入围主竞赛的《故事的故事》，而艾玛纽尔·贝克特执导的影片《昂首挺胸》被选为本届电影节的开幕片 。 女律师汤妮（Emmanuelle Bercot饰）滑雪受伤疗养时，回忆起她曾经历过的一段刻骨铭心爱情。她爱上了迷人的餐厅经理乔治欧（Vincent Cassel饰），两人从相互吸引、陷入热恋、甜蜜闪婚到天翻地覆的疯狂毁灭…。而她的疗伤过程，也不断地与这些感情经历相互对映，让观众彷彿置身其中、感同身受，前一秒才纵情欢笑、干柴烈火，下一秒却忌恨争执、甚至大打出手。当爱情从热恋跨向婚姻，究竟该是浓郁的幸福？抑或是烦苦的羁绊？
